Striking the Balance: Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Design for Multiple Conflicting Objectives

The LTM design methodology developed in this research addresses the two most important problems LTM practitioners face in the design process: (1) selecting monitoring objectives and (2) balancing these objectives. This thesis demonstrates that combining higher order Pareto optimization (i.e., optimizing a system for more than 2 objectives) with visualization can allow designers in any field to assess the mathematical models used to represent their objectives, discover how their objectives are affecting designs, and negotiate a final design that balances their conflicting design preferences.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civl and Environmental Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Reed, Patrick Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Minsker, Barbara S.

• Engineering, System Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3044206

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83184