Advances in Hydroinformatics

Hydroinformatics is the branch of informatics that applies information and communication to address the crucial problems of the efficient use of water. Computational hydraulics is one of the major disciplines that fall under the domain of hydroinformatics. It primarily focuses on the numerical simulation of water flows and related processes. Different techniques of artificial intelligence are applied in the field of hydroinformatics. A few of them are artificial neural networks, support vector machines and genetic programming. Hydroinformatics draws from the diverse fields of hydrology, hydraulics, data mining and environmental engineering. This book provides comprehensive insights into the field of hydroinformatics. It will help the readers in keeping pace with the rapid changes in this field. The aim of this book is to present researches that have transformed this discipline and aided its advancement.