An Art-Historical Paradigm for Investigating Native American Pictographs of the Lower Pecos Region, Texas

In the shadows of deep canyons in Southwest Texas and Northern Mexico, where the Pecos, Devils, and Rio Grande flow, are thousands of paintings on the walls of hundreds of rockshelters and overhangs. Archaeologists term such works pictographic rock art. These particular pictographs were created over many centuries by Native American groups known collectively today as the Lower Pecos Region cultures

Engineering Optimization: Methods/Applications - Colorado State University

This course provides a comprehensive treatment of methods of optimization with focus on linear programming and its extensions, network flow optimization, integer programming, quadratic programming, and an introduction to nonlinear programming. The goal is to maintain a balance between theory, numerical computation, problem setup for solution by computer algorithms, and engineering applications. Course taught at Colorado State University

Water Resource Systems Analysis - Colorado State University

The goal of this course is to introduce participants to general concepts of systems analysis and systems engineering as they apply to the planning, design and operation of water resources systems. The course focuses on the use of computer-based mathematical models for analyzing water resources systems. Students are exposed to a variety of example applications of systems analysis to water resources problems. Course taught at Colorado State University

Computer Aided Water Management and Control - Colorado State University

Present modern computer-aided tools of systems analysis to planning, design, and operation of water resource systems. Topics covered include: optimal operation of multipurpose reservoir systems; optimal flood control system operations; coordinated unit commitment in hydropower systems; optimal multicrop allocation of seasonal and intraseasonal irrigation water; risk-based design of stochastic reservoir operating policies; economic evaluation of integrated design of water storage and conveyance systems; optimal conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater; optimal reservoir operations for water quality management; and optimal investment timing and selection of water resource projects. Several case studies are presented for river basins in the U.S., Dominican Republic, Brazil, Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, and Korea. Systems analysis tools studied include dynamic programming, stochastic optimization, network flow optimization, genetic algorithms, neural networks, agent-based reinforcement learning methods, multiobjective optimization, and fuzzy optimization. Course taught at Colorado State University

Engineering Decision Support and Expert Systems - Colorado State University

The student is introduced to development of decision support systems (DSS) for application to complex engineering management and design problems under conflicting objectives and uncertainty. A number of techniques are introduced for aiding in the analysis of a wide range of complex multiobjective engineering problems. Several stochastic optimization methods are presented for including risk and reliability in engineering design. Basic concepts of expert systems (ES) are discussed to show an essential synergy between DSS and ES for development of decision support structures that allow inclusion of human domain knowledge, heuristics and fuzzy logic. Heuristic methods such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization are offered as a means of solving complex engineering design and management problems that defy traditional techniques of mathematical programming and operations research. Machine learning methods using artificial neural networks are introduced for solving complex dynamic scheduling and control problems in engineering. Each student is required to present a final class project involving application of the tools and concepts presented in the class to a real-world engineering decision problem. Course taught at Colorado State University

[Review of] Brian W. Dippie. George Catlin and his Contemporaries: The Politics of Patronage

Although Americans in the 1990\u27s often argue whether an artist\u27s or researcher\u27s work merits public funding, many agree that we should fund both the arts and scientific inquiry in nearly all their diverse forms. But the basic question of patronage remains. Federal and private funding of arts and science-related work were much in question over a hundred years ago, when the artist George Catlin requested that the United States government purchase his American Indian collection

Water management model for Front Range river basins

April 1979.Bibliography: pages [92-93].Sponsored by the Legislative Council, Colorado General Assembly

Integration of water quantity, quality in river basin network flow modeling

Includes bibliographical references.Grant no. 14-08-0001-G2008/2; project no. 11; financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey

Development of methodologies for determining optimal water storage strategies: preliminary report

Submitted to the Legislative Council, Colorado General Assembly, September, 1980.Bibliography: pages 51-52