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    Application of Fuzzy Logic in Water Resources Engineering
    (Elsevier, 2022) Tayfur, Gökmen
    This chapter introduces the fundamentals of fuzzy logic (FL), fuzzy sets, and fuzzy model components such as the fuzzification, the fuzzy rule base, the fuzzy inference engine, and the defuzzification. The processes of the fuzzy model components are presented by working on the examples from the water resources engineering application problems. This chapter also discusses the merits and the shortcomings of the fuzzy modeling. Hydrological processes have inherent source of uncertainty, for which the fuzzy set theory can be an effective solution tool. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Modern Optimization Methods in Water Resources Planning, Engineering and Management
    (Springer Verlag, 2017) Tayfur, Gökmen
    Mathematical (analytical, numerical and optimization) models are employed in many disciplines including the water resources planning, engineering and management. These models can vary from a simple black-box model to a sophisticated distributed physics-based model. Recently, development and employment of modern optimization methods (MOMs) have become popular in the area of mathematical modeling. This paper overviews the MOMs based on the evolutionary search which were developed over mostly the last 30 years. These methods have wide application in practice from finance to engineering and this paper focuses mostly on the applications in the area of water resources planning, engineering and management. Although there are numerous optimization algorithms, the paper outlines the ones that have been widely employed especially in the last three decades; such as the Genetic Algorithm (GA), Ant Colony (AC), Differential Evolution (DE), Particle Swarm (PS), Harmony Search (HS), Genetic Programming (GP), and Gene Expression Programming (GEP). The paper briefly introduces theoretical background of each algorithm and its applications and discusses the merits and, if any, shortcomings. The wide spectrum of applications include, but not limited to, flood control and mitigation, reservoir operation, irrigation, flood routing, river training, flow velocity, rainfall-runoff processes, sediment transport, groundwater management, water quality, hydropower, dispersion, and aquifers.