Intelligent decision support for water resources management

Abstract

The first prototype is an X windows-based preprocessor for the Storm Water Management Modelling (SWMM) package. The preprocessor employs extensively user interaction dialogs in the form of menus, messages, scrollable lists etc. to provide support in the preparation of a SWMM model description file. The second prototype is a program that combines symbolic reasoning and numeric computation to provide support in calibrating SWMM models with real storm runoff data for system identification purposes. The program assists by detecting and classifying patterns of discrepancy between measured and simulated hydrographs, and iteratively modifies an appropriate parameter in the SWMM model to eliminate the discrepancies. -from Authors