Decision Support Systems: Water Resources Planning

A variety of optimization and simulation models are now com-
monly used to help water resource planners and managers
identify, evaluate and predict themultiple impacts from va-
rious actions or decisions one can make regarding the deve-
lopment and management of a region's water resources. Cur-
rent developments in computer technology are making it pos-
sible to link these models to programs that provide an in-
terface betwe- en the decision maker and their models and
compu- ters. The volume discusses how these so-called deci-
sion support systems can be best developed and used bythose
involved in water resources planning and management.