ABSTRACT.The problem analyzed in this paper is how to allocate optimally the available surface water in a river system among those who compete for its use, while acknowledging explicitly that for coastal states the ecology of bays and estuaries must be numbered among the competitors. The objective is to maximize the benefit resulting from water use while satisfying a set of constraints on flow. Benefit is assumed to be a function of the amount of water used and the time period in which the water is used. A mathematical model of this problem is shown to fit the format of the minimum cost circulation network flow problem. The Out‐of‐Kilter algorithm of D. R. Fulkerson is proposed as a solution technique. Sensitivity analysis on the input data is described as a means of determining the minimum economic benefit required to justify the allocation of a given volume of water needed to sustain the ecology of an estu
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机译：抽象。本文分析的问题是，如何在竞争使用地表水的人之间以最佳方式分配河流系统中可用的地表水，同时明确承认对于沿海国家来说，海湾和河口的生态必须被列为竞争者。其目标是最大限度地提高用水效益，同时满足一系列流量限制。效益被假定为用水量和用水时间段的函数。该问题的数学模型与最小成本流通网络流问题的格式拟合。D. R. Fulkerson 的 Out‐of‐Kilter 算法被提出为一种求解技术。对输入数据的敏感性分析被描述为一种确定最低经济效益的手段，以证明分配维持河口生态所需的给定水量是合理的
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