Artificial intelligence techniques for inflow forecasting and optimal operation of reservoir system

Abstract

Though forecasting of river flow has received maximum attention newlinefrom engineers and researchers throughout the world yet it continues to be a newlinechallenging task owing to the complex process The need for timely and newlineaccurate stream flow forecasting is widely recognized all over the world newlineTraditional methods of relating the temporal and spatial history of newlineprecipitation to a corresponding streamflow discharge at a point of interest are newlinemany and varied The present study aims at developing an inflow forecast newlinemodel for Pilavakkal scheme consisting of two reservoirs namely Periyar and newlineKovilar located in southern part of Tamil Nadu India In the last one decade newlineor so Artificial Neural Network ANN has been widely applied and its newlineability to model complex phenomena is clearly demonstrated newline newline