Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio

A key operational objective for the management of the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan is the distribution of water among tertiary canals in a transparent and equitable manner. Decisions on canal operations are disseminated as a Canal Operation Plan, or a Rotational Program, for each crop s...

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Autores principales: Anwar, Arif A., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Vries, T.T. de
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: American Society of Civil Engineers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77804
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author Anwar, Arif A.
Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif
Vries, T.T. de
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description A key operational objective for the management of the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan is the distribution of water among tertiary canals in a transparent and equitable manner. Decisions on canal operations are disseminated as a Canal Operation Plan, or a Rotational Program, for each crop season for every canal system. The current practice for developing these plans is qualitative based on heuristics that have remain unchanged since the early development of this vast irrigation system. This paper uses operations research tools to develop a Canal Operations Planner. Allocation cost is defined as a function of the delivery performance ratio and maximizing this function. The performance of the modules is evaluated using spillage and the Gini index as a measure of equity. Two models, namely; linear programme-delivery performance ratio (LP-DPR) and non linear programme-delivery performance ratio (NLP-DPR) are presented and the results are compared to performance under current canal planning and operational practice. Both models improve the equity when compared to existing operations. The NLP-DPR model outperforms the LP-DPR both on equity and minimizing spillage.
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spelling CGSpace778042025-03-11T09:50:20Z Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio Anwar, Arif A. Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif Vries, T.T. de irrigation systems irrigation canals irrigation operation seasonal cropping performance evaluation equity mathematical models linear models linear programming A key operational objective for the management of the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan is the distribution of water among tertiary canals in a transparent and equitable manner. Decisions on canal operations are disseminated as a Canal Operation Plan, or a Rotational Program, for each crop season for every canal system. The current practice for developing these plans is qualitative based on heuristics that have remain unchanged since the early development of this vast irrigation system. This paper uses operations research tools to develop a Canal Operations Planner. Allocation cost is defined as a function of the delivery performance ratio and maximizing this function. The performance of the modules is evaluated using spillage and the Gini index as a measure of equity. Two models, namely; linear programme-delivery performance ratio (LP-DPR) and non linear programme-delivery performance ratio (NLP-DPR) are presented and the results are compared to performance under current canal planning and operational practice. Both models improve the equity when compared to existing operations. The NLP-DPR model outperforms the LP-DPR both on equity and minimizing spillage. 2016-12 2016-11-22T04:58:04Z 2016-11-22T04:58:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77804 en Open Access American Society of Civil Engineers Anwar, Arif A.; Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; de Vries, T. T. 2016. Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 12p. (Online first) doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001091
spellingShingle irrigation systems
irrigation canals
irrigation operation
seasonal cropping
performance evaluation
equity
mathematical models
linear models
linear programming
Anwar, Arif A.
Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif
Vries, T.T. de
Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title_full Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title_fullStr Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title_full_unstemmed Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title_short Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio
title_sort canal operations planner i maximizing delivery performance ratio
topic irrigation systems
irrigation canals
irrigation operation
seasonal cropping
performance evaluation
equity
mathematical models
linear models
linear programming
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