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Madani K, 2013, Modeling international climate change negotiations more responsibly: Can highly simplified game theory models provide reliable policy insights?, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, Vol: 90, Pages: 68-76, ISSN: 0921-8009
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Gohari A, Eslamian S, Mirchi A, et al., 2013, Water transfer as a solution to water shortage: A fix that can Backfire, JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, Vol: 491, Pages: 23-39, ISSN: 0022-1694
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Rouhani OM, Niemeier D, Knittel CR, et al., 2013, Integrated modeling framework for leasing urban roads: A case study of Fresno, California, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL, Vol: 48, Pages: 17-30, ISSN: 0191-2615
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Mirchi A, Madani K, Roos M, et al., 2013, Climate change impacts on california’s water resources, Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective, Pages: 301-319, ISBN: 9789400766358
While California's water resources and infrastructure are already facing critical challenges in terms of providing Californians with adequate water supply, numerous studies have demonstrated the unfavorable impacts of climate change on the state's water supply system. As such, observed temperature increases, changing precipitation patterns, variations in runoff timing and magnitude resulting from changes in snow accumulation and melt characteristics, and recent droughts in California may be partly attributable to changing hydro-climatic conditions. Hence, from a water supply standpoint, the study of climate change and consequent hydrologic variability bear important implications for water resources planning and management in California. This chapter aims to illustrate how climate change and its associated impacts have affected or are expected to affect California's water resources. Additionally, implications for water infrastructure and a summary of strategies for adaptation to climate change are presented.
Gohari A, Eslamian S, Abedi-Koupaei J, et al., 2013, Climate change impacts on crop production in Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, Vol: 442, Pages: 405-419, ISSN: 0048-9697
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Zavichi A, Madani K, Xanthopoulos P, et al., 2013, TSP-based model for on-site material handling operations with tower cranes, ISARC 2013 - 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, Held in Conjunction with the 23rd World Mining Congress, Pages: 1288-1295
Today, with the necessity of timely, on-budget and high quality completion of projects, proper use of construction equipment is essential to ensure project success. Construction equipment places a large monetary burden on the project and if not utilized efficiently, it can result in economic losses. Cranes are one of the most important and expensive operational devices on construction sites. They play a central role, and often activities that rely on crane services fall on the project's critical path. Currently, material-handling scheduling is done by the crane operator or by an on-duty superintendent using his/hers personal judgment, making the process manual and time-consuming. Thus, developing an optimal schedule, which considers different dynamic constraints in construction job site, may not be possible based on the current practice. This leads to longer operation times and a negative impact on project cost. This paper presents the latest results of an ongoing study, which aims to design and implement a near-real time crane operation decision support system to be utilized directly by the crane operator or as an aid for the superintendent in scheduling optimal operation services. This system has several advantages such as maximizing the efficiency of crane operations, guaranteeing the best operation possible to reduce the crane's travel time, reducing crews and equipment idle time, and minimizing the dependence on subjective human judgments.
Behmanesh I, Madani K, Geiger CD, et al., 2013, Stability Analysis of the Proposed Caspian Sea Governance Methods, 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS (SMC 2013), Pages: 1777-1782, ISSN: 1062-922X
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Pierce T, Madani K, 2013, Online gaming for sustainable common pool resource management and tragedy of the commons prevention, 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS (SMC 2013), Pages: 1765-1770, ISSN: 1062-922X
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Asgari S, Afshar A, Madani K, 2013, A Game Theoretic Framework for Subcontractors Partnering in Resource Management, 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS (SMC 2013), Pages: 2437-2441, ISSN: 1062-922X
Medellin-Azuara J, Mirchi A, Madani K, 2012, Water supply for agricultural, environmental, and urban uses in California's borderlands, Pages: 135-145
This chapter explores optimal water supply portfolios for agricultural, environmental and urban uses in Southern California, US and in Baja California, Mexico using a hydro-economic modeling approach. Hydro-economic models provide useful insights into water related problems in the borderland of both Californias. Fast growing cities, prominent agriculture and growing concerns for maintaining ecosystem functions characterize competing water uses in these arid regions. In California, water transfers from agricultural uses west of the south coast are limited by current conveyance capacity. Continuing current water imports from up north basins may become more challenging in the future as mandated flows for protecting fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta limit the aforesaid water imports. Water conservation and augmenting water supply via wastewater reuse or desalination may alleviate possible shortages for cities in California's south coast. In the northern Baja California, Mexico surface water from the Colorado River supplies agriculture in Mexicali and most urban water uses in the northern border cities. Water supply for maintaining ecosystems in the Colorado River Delta can be found among existing uses and sources in the region. Increased conveyance capacity from east to west of northern Baja California and augmenting water supply via wastewater reuse are among the most promising alternatives to cope with population growth without compromising recommended environmental water uses for the Colorado River Delta. Enhancements in water conveyance capacity along with conjunctive use in Southern California and northern Baja California appear to be among the promising water management alternatives. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
Madani K, Dinar A, 2012, Cooperative institutions for sustainable common pool resource management: Application to groundwater, WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, Vol: 48, ISSN: 0043-1397
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Mirchi A, Hadian S, Madani K, et al., 2012, World Energy Balance Outlook and OPEC Production Capacity: Implications for Global Oil Security, ENERGIES, Vol: 5, Pages: 2626-2651
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Mirchi A, Madani K, Watkins D, et al., 2012, Synthesis of System Dynamics Tools for Holistic Conceptualization of Water Resources Problems, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, Vol: 26, Pages: 2421-2442, ISSN: 0920-4741
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Madani K, Lund JR, 2012, California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: From Cooperation to Chicken, JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, Vol: 138, Pages: 90-99, ISSN: 0733-9496
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- Citations: 52
Guegan M, Uvo CB, Madani K, 2012, Developing a module for estimating climate warming effects on hydropower pricing in California, ENERGY POLICY, Vol: 42, Pages: 261-271, ISSN: 0301-4215
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Madani K, Dinar A, 2012, Non-cooperative institutions for sustainable common pool resource management: Application to groundwater, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, Vol: 74, Pages: 34-45, ISSN: 0921-8009
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Connell-Buck CR, Medellin-Azuara J, Lund JR, et al., 2011, Adapting California's water system to warm vs. dry climates, CLIMATIC CHANGE, Vol: 109, Pages: 133-149, ISSN: 0165-0009
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Madani K, Hipel KW, 2011, Non-Cooperative Stability Definitions for Strategic Analysis of Generic Water Resources Conflicts, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, Vol: 25, Pages: 1949-1977, ISSN: 0920-4741
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Madani K, Lund JR, 2011, A Monte-Carlo game theoretic approach for Multi-Criteria Decision Making under uncertainty, ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, Vol: 34, Pages: 607-616, ISSN: 0309-1708
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Madani K, 2011, Hydropower licensing and climate change: Insights from cooperative game theory, ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, Vol: 34, Pages: 174-183, ISSN: 0309-1708
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Madani K, Shalikarian L, Naeeni STO, 2011, Resolving hydro-environmental conflicts under uncertainty using Fallback Bargaining procedures, International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE), Publisher: INT ASSOC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRESS-IACSIT PRESS, Pages: 192-196, ISSN: 2010-4618
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Madani K, Lund JR, 2010, Estimated impacts of climate warming on California's high-elevation hydropower, CLIMATIC CHANGE, Vol: 102, Pages: 521-538, ISSN: 0165-0009
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Madani K, 2010, Game theory and water resources, JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, Vol: 381, Pages: 225-238, ISSN: 0022-1694
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Mirchi A, Watkins D, Madani K, 2010, Modeling for watershed planning, management, and decision making, Watersheds: Management, Restoration and Environmental Impact, Pages: 221-244, ISBN: 9781616686673
Water is both a natural resource and a public good that plays a critical role in a host of environmental processes and economic, social, and political activities. In recent years, watershed management practices that were once praised for their broad benefits to society have become the focus of harsh criticisms for their adverse and unexpected environmental or socioeconomic impacts. Thus, gaining an understanding of how various human activities affect watershed processes, and in turn how the variable nature of the hydrologic cycle affects humans’ well-being, is essential for policy makers and watershed managers. Watershed models provide efficient tools for integrated studies of the major physical, socioeconomic, and political aspects of watersheds. For decades, water resources professionals have been developing and using models to address watershed problems, yet watershed models are still evolving in terms of approach, application, and ability to provide users with a comprehensive and reliable understanding of problems at a reasonable cost and within a specified timeframe. Early watershed modeling efforts were aimed mostly at representing hydrologic processes, but the need for interdisciplinary studies has led to increasing complexity and integration of environmental, social, and economic functions to facilitate a holistic understanding of watersheds and associated human activities. This chapter provides a chronological synthesis of watershed modeling approaches and applications. The rationale behind various watershed models is analyzed to demonstrate the interrelationship between decision making objectives, modeling approach, and applications. Finally, potential future directions for watershed modeling are highlighted.
Mirchi A, Watkins D, Madani K, 2010, MODELING FOR WATERSHED PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, AND DECISION MAKING, WATERSHEDS: MANAGEMENT, RESTORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, Pages: 221-244
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Madani K, Lund JR, 2009, Modeling California's high-elevation hydropower systems in energy units, WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, Vol: 45, ISSN: 0043-1397
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Madani K, Marino MA, 2009, System Dynamics Analysis for Managing Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, Vol: 23, Pages: 2163-2187, ISSN: 0920-4741
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Medellin-Azuara J, Harou JJ, Olivares MA, et al., 2008, Adaptability and adaptations of California's water supply system to dry climate warming, CLIMATIC CHANGE, Vol: 87, Pages: S75-S90, ISSN: 0165-0009
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Sheikh MRI, Muyeen SM, Takahashi R, et al., 2008, Improvement of Load Frequency Control With Fuzzy Gain Scheduled SMES Unit Considering Governor Dead-Band and GRC, Asia Simulation Conference/7th International Conference on System Simulation and Scientific Computing, Publisher: IEEE, Pages: 1-6
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Madani K, Lund J, 2007, High-elevation hydropower and climate warming in California
In California Climate warming is expected to shift the runoff peak from spring to winter from a reduction in snowpack. For high-elevation hydropower plants, this shift can have important effects on power generation and its economic value. With over 150 hydropower plants in California, estimation of climate warming effects by conventional simulation or optimization would be tedious and expensive. Two approaches are suggested to estimate climate warming effects on high-elevation hydropower in California. The first (No-Storage) approach neglects available storage capacity and produces an upper bound estimate of lost generation and hydropower revenues from climate warming. The second (No-Spill) approach estimates the available energy storage capacity assuming that existing capacity is enough to avoid spill from high-elevation reservoirs with historical mean flows, providing a lower bound estimate of generation and economic losses. The generation changes in dry and wet climate warming scenarios at different elevation ranges are simulated in aggregate for several climate change scenarios and compared to the historic generation. © 2007 ASCE.
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