Application of Nature Based Algorithm in Natural Resource Management

✍ Scribed by Mrinmoy Majumder, Soumya Ghosh (auth.), Mrinmoy Majumder, Rabindra Nath Barman (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book highlights the application of nature-based algorithms in natural resource management. The book includes the methodologies to apply what natural flora or fauna do to optimize their survival. The same technique was used to optimize renewable energy generation from water resources, maximization of profit from crop harvesting, forest resource management and decision-making studies. These studies can be used as an example for finding solutions of the other maximization or minimization problems which are common in natural resource management.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Selection of Optimized Location for Ecoparks Using Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 3-17
Application of Hive Theory to the Identification of Suitable Porcupine Habitats....Pages 19-29
Tradeoff Analysis Between Rainfall and Load Factor of a Small-Scale Hydropower Plant by Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 31-42
Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Short-Term Rainfall Forecasting....Pages 43-58
Application of a Genetic Algorithm to Predict the Growth Rate of Bufo melanostictus in Urban Forest....Pages 59-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Comparison of Nature-Based Algorithms in Impact Analysis of Climate Change on Water Resources....Pages 77-86
A Neuro-Fuzzy Approach to Selecting Crops in Vertical Irrigation....Pages 87-104
Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques in the Estimation of Extreme Events....Pages 105-117
Impact of Climate Change on Selection of Sites for Lotus Cultivation....Pages 119-134
Comparison of Bat and Fuzzy Clusterization for Identification of Suitable Locations for a Small-Scale Hydropower Plant....Pages 135-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Impact of Climate Change on Ecological Sensitivity of Wetlands....Pages 159-176
Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Sensitivity of Sundarban Reserve Forest....Pages 177-188
Fuzzy-Based Impact Analysis Study on Site Selection of Tidal Power Plants....Pages 189-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Estimation of Groundwater Quality from Surface Water Quality Variables of a Tropical River Basin by Neurogenetic Models....Pages 205-218
Rating Irrigation Canals Using Cognitive Indexes....Pages 219-232
CLIMAGE: A New Software for the Prediction of Short-Term Weather with the Help of Satellite Data and Neuro-Fuzzy Clustering....Pages 233-245
OPTIDAL: A New Software for Simulation of Climatic Impacts on Tidal Power....Pages 247-260
AGROSIM: A New Model for Predicting Water Productivity from Crop Characteristics....Pages 261-268
QUALTR: Software for Simulating Output from Water Treatment Plants in the Face of Extreme Events....Pages 269-316
Development of a Neuro-Fuzzy System for Selection of Tree Species for Afforestation Purpose....Pages 317-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-341

✦ Subjects

Earth System Sciences; Climate Change Management and Policy; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science; Renewable and Green Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Nature Conservation