Multiple Linear Regression and Artificial Neural Networks Models for Generalized Reservoir Storage–Yield–Reliability Function for Reservoir Planning

Abstract

Generalized models for predicting the storage–yield–reliability functions of surface water reservoirs are developed using multiple linear regression and multilayer perceptron, artificial neural networks (ANNs). Linear regression was used to model the total capacity using the over-year capacity as one of the inputs. However, the ANNs were used to simultaneously model directly the intrinsically nonlinear over-year and total (i.e., within-