Dr Sergei
Schreider
Senior Lecturer,
School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences
Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology (
Application of OR
methods in water resource management in Australia
In this presentation I
will discuss three projects which apply OR methods for solving practical
problems of natural resource management. Firstly, I will discuss the use of
nonlinear programming for modelling water allocation in large irrigation
regions. I will show how these models can be used for assessing the consequences
of infrastructural, land use and climate changes in the region of the Goulburn
irrigation system in the Murray-Darling Basin. Secondly, I will explain the
integration of water allocation and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE)
macroeconomic models. Finally, I will present an example of game theoretic model which is used for managing optimal fertilizer
application and reducing the upstream impacts to water quality in coastal
areas.