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- Title
Irrigation Planning using Genetic Algorithms.
- Authors
Srinivasa Rau, K.; Nagesh Kumar, D.
- Abstract
The present study deals with the application of Genetic Algorithms (GA) for irrigation planning. The GA technique is used to evolve efficient cropping pattern for maximizing benefits for an irrigation project in India. Constraints include continuity equation, land and water requirements, crop diversification and restrictions on storage. Penalty function approach is used to convert constrained problem into an unconstrained one. For fixing GA parameters the model is run for various values of population, generations, cross over and mutation probabilities. It is found that the appropriate parameters for number of generations, population size, crossover probability, and mutation probability are 200, 50, 0.6 and 0.01 respectively for the present study. Results obtained by GA are compared with Linear Programming solution and found to be reasonably close. GA is found to be an effective optimization tool for irrigation planning and the results obtained can be utilized for efficient planning of any irrigation system.
- Subjects
INDIA; GENETIC algorithms; IRRIGATION; WATER in agriculture; IRRIGATION projects; AGRICULTURAL development projects; COMBINATORIAL optimization; AGRICULTURAL water supply; AGRICULTURAL assistance; IRRIGATION engineering
- Publication
Water Resources Management, 2004, Vol 18, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0920-4741
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:WARM.0000024738.72486.b2