Water allocation problem using Dynamic Programming
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Consider water supply for a region consisting of three cities. The total available water supply is 8 units. Determine the optimal allocation of water to the three cities that maximizes the total economic return for the region. The relationship between the economic return and the quantity of water allocated for each city are given in the following table:
City
1 2 3
q r1(q) r2(q) r3(q)
0 0 0 0
1 6 5 7
2 12 14 30
3 35 40 42
4 75 55 50
5 85 65 60
6 91 70 70
7 96 75 72
8 100 80 75
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Consider water supply for a region consisting of three cities. The total available water supply is 8 units. Determine the optimal allocation of water to the three cities that maximizes the total economic return for the region. The relationship between the economic return and the quantity of water allocated for each city are given in the following table:
City
1 2 3
q r1(q) r2(q) r3(q)
0 0 0 0
1 6 5 7
2 12 14 30
3 35 40 42
4 75 55 50
5 85 65 60
6 91 70 70
7 96 75 72
8 100 80 75
Decision variables: Let Xn be the number of water units allocated to stage i.e. City n
Let Sn be the number of water units available to be allocated to the remaining cities (n,....,3)
At stage 1 in which the 3 cities are under consideration ...
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