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Discovering Reservoir Operating Rules by a Rough Set Approach

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An integrated Rough Set approach is proposed and implemented to discover the historical operating rules of a Sicilian irrigation purpose reservoir. Operating rules are derived by expressing monthly releases from the reservoir as functions of stored volume, inflow and release during a 35-years period. This is accomplished through the Rough Set approach as implemented in the Rose package and the use of some indices able to recognize and further screen out the effective rules used in water supply reservoir management. This approach represents a new mathematical tool quite different to classical fuzzy rule-based systems in the decision rules induction. Results show that the integrated Rough Set approach allows to individuate with acceptable reliability the real criteria used for the system management.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Agraria, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, Catania, 95123, Italy

    Salvatore Barbagallo, Simona Consoli & Nello Pappalardo

  2. Faculty of Economics, Dipartimento di Economia e Metodi Quantitativi, University of Catania, Corso Italia 55, Catania, 95129, Italy

    Salvatore Greco

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Forestali e Ambientali, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Piazza San Francesco 7, Gallina, 89061, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Santo Marcello Zimbone

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Work carried out with equivalent contributions of the Authors. Project AQUATEC “Tecnologie Innovative di Controllo, Trattamento e Manutenzione per la Soluzione dell'Emergenza Acqua” funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Research and Technological Development (PON 2000–2006).

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Barbagallo, S., Consoli, S., Pappalardo, N. et al. Discovering Reservoir Operating Rules by a Rough Set Approach. Water Resour Manage 20, 19–36 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-006-2975-7

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