Abstract: Several canal gate automation methods and devices were selected for comparison and analysis. Algorithms that simulate gate operation were developed for the P+PR, BIVAL, Littleman, Colvin, Zimbelman, CARDD, and UMA methods. ...

Abstract: A classifier system for automatic operation of canal gates was developed and tested through simulation modeling. The classifier system manipulates a population of rules that are trained to “learn” appropriate operational ...

Abstract: CANAL is a computer model that was developed at Utah State University to perform unsteady‐flow simulations for branching canal networks. This paper describes the features of the model and discusses its strengths, weaknesses, ...

Abstract: Many schemes and devices have been developed and tested during the past three decades for automatic control of canal networks. Most of these have used local flow criteria to determine gate settings. Computer simulation of ...

Abstract: An accuracy-based learning classifier system (XCS), as described in a companion paper (Part I: Design), was developed and evaluated to produce operational rules for canal gate structures. The XCS was applied together with ...

Abstract: Using state-of-the-art computational techniques, a genetic algorithm (GA) and an accuracy-based learning classifier system (XCS) were shown to produce optimal operational solutions for gate structures in irrigation canals. ...

Abstract: A method for modeling flow regime changes at gate structures in canal reaches is presented. The methodology consists of using an approximate Riemann solver at the internal computational nodes, along with the simultaneous ...

Abstract: Overland flow of water over a porous bed in two spatial dimensions is governed by three partial differential equations accounting for continuity of momentum in the

Abstract: The development of a two‐dimensional hydrodynamic simulation model of basin irrigation is reported in a companion paper. This article presents four applications of the model. Two hypothetical case studies are used to ...

Abstract: Renewed interest in the role of delivery networks in farm‐level water‐use efficiency has prompted the development of a transient hydraulic simulation model for improving the operation and design of irrigation canal networks. ...