Generalizing fuzzy SARSA learning for real-time operation of irrigation canals

Recently, a continuous reinforcement learning model called fuzzy SARSA (state, action, reward, state, action) learning (FSL) was proposed for irrigation canals. The main problem related to FSL is its convergence and generalization in environments with many variables such as large irrigation canals and situations beyond training. Furthermore,...

Model Predictive Control for Operational Water Management: A Case Study of the Dutch Water System

Water is needed everywhere to satisfy domestic, agricultural and industrial water demands, to maintain navigation systems, and to preserve healthy and sustainable ecosystems. In order to protect us from floods and to reallocate water resources in a man-made environment, the 'hardware', water-related structures, is constructed in many water...

The Effect of Four New Floodgates on the Flood Frequency in the Dutch Lower Rhine Delta

The Dutch Lower Rhine Delta, a transitional area between the Rivers Rhine, Meuse and the North Sea, is at risk of flooding induced by infrequent events of storm surges or fluvial floods, or the combination of both. To protect the delta from storm surges, it can be closed off from the sea by large dams and controllable storm surge barriers. Also,...