Water allocation planning in inland waterways based on constraint satisfaction problem

Inland waterways are large-scale networks that are dedicated principally to navigation. The current management of these systems can be impacted by extreme events and/or increase of navigation demand. Hence, it is necessary to anticipate these possible impacts and to study the resilience of the inland waterways. The proposed methodology is based on a modelling approach of the inland waterways according to a web-user interface. It allows the use of optimal water allocation algorithms that are designed to solve constraint satisfaction problems. The water resource allocation is performed on future horizons of several days. A simulator based on Matlab/Simulink is developed thanks to the conception of a dedicated Simulink library. This new functionality is illustrated by considering a real case-study.