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Open AccessA four-season exploration of surface water quality and trophic status in the highly dynamic waters of Karun-4 Dam Lake, SW Iran
This study explores seasonal fluctuations in water quality and phytoplankton communities within Karun-4 Dam Lake, the largest double-arch dam in the Middle East situated in Iran. Employing a systematic approac...
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Estimation of the Basin Outflow by Wavelet Neural Network, Conjunctive Use of Wavelet Analysis and Artificial Neural Network
Estimation of the basin outflow by machine learning (ML) methods is increasingly attracted attention in recent years. Some subsets of ML methods considered in this paper include the artificial neural networks ...
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Open AccessNovel reliable model by integrating the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems with wavelet transform and firefly algorithms for rainfall forecasting in the north of Iran
Rainfall is perhaps the most important source of drinking and agriculture water for the inhabitants of different parts of the world, particularly in arid and semi-arid area like Iran. Hence, the simulation of ...
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Open AccessBoost piezocatalytic activity of BaSO4 by coupling it with BaTiO3, Cu:BaTiO3, Fe:BaTiO3, S:BaTiO3 and modify them by sucrose for water purification
The purpose of this study is to improve the efficiency of decontamination using BaSO4 as a piezocatalyst. Three techniques are employed in this study to enhance the piezocatalytic activity of BaSO4. The first met...
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A wavelet-outlier robust extreme learning machine for rainfall forecasting in Ardabil City, Iran
In this paper, the monthly long-term precipitation of the city of Ardabil from 1976 to 2020 is simulated by a modern hybrid learning machine. To this end, the Wavelet and Outlier Robust Extreme Learning Machin...
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Cement-Stabilized Soil Blended with Crushed Stone Waste
Waste generated by the processing of natural stone poses environmental and economic problems. One promising use for stone waste is soil stabilization. In this paper, a number of tests including unconfined comp...
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Feasibility Improved Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Optimization of Reservoir Operation
Stochastic Dynamic Programming (SDP) is a major method for optimizing reservoir operation. Handling non-linear, non-convex and non-differentiable objective functions and constraints are some advantages of SDP....
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A Cooperative Use of Stochastic Dynamic Programming and Non-Linear Programming for Optimization of Reservoir Operation
Stochastic Dynamic Programming (SDP) is a conventional procedure to extract optimal reservoir operating policies. SDP applies exhaustive search based on the total combinations of discrete values of state varia...
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Reliability Improved Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Reservoir Operation Optimization
Stochastic Dynamic Programming (SDP) is widely used in reservoir operation problems. Besides its advantages, a few drawbacks have leaded many studies to improve its structure. Handling the infeasible condition...
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A new one-pot reverse microemulsion synthesis of ZnS nanoparticle using olive oil as organic solvent and surfactant and their application in remove heavy metal ions
In current study, ZnS nanoparticles were successfully synthesized with the aid of C2H5NS and Zn(NO3)2·6H2O as the starting reagents in the presence of olive oil as surfactant and oil (organic solvent). Besides, t...
