Large-scale water resources management within the framework of GLOWA-Danube—The water supply model

摘要: Abstract The research project GLOWA-Danube, financed by the German Federal Government, investigates long-term changes in water cycle of upper Danube river basin light global climatic change. Its aim is to build a fully integrated decision support tool “DANUBIA” that combines competence eleven institutes domains covering all major aspects governing cycle. group “Groundwater and Water Supply” at Institute Hydraulic Engineering (IWS), Universitaet Stuttgart, contributes three-dimensional groundwater flow model large-scale supply which simulate both availability quality related costs for change scenarios. This article addresses task creating an agent-based sector. links various physical models determining on one hand so-called “Actor” calculating demand other actual related, underlie technical constraints (e.g., existing infrastructure its capacity, quality, geology, elevation, etc.). In reality, within study organised through three-tiered structure: long-distance, regional, multitude community-based suppliers. order this system each company defines own optimum, modelling approach (implemented using JAVA) was chosen. novel not only but more importantly makers (communities, companies) are represented as generalised objects, capable performing actions following rules determined class they belong to.