Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) has recently gained increasing interest in the
adaptive management of water resources systems due to its capability of incorporating …

Water is the most important element of food production, and the easiest and most cost-
efficient way to transport it is through open-channel irrigation systems (OCIS). These types of …

Fractional-order Systems and Controls details the use of fractional calculus (calculus of non-
integer order) in the description and modeling of systems, and in a range of control design …

Different control algorithms for the regulation of irrigation canals have been developed and
applied throughout the world. Each of them can be characterized according to several …

Irrigation canals are large-scale systems, consisting of many interacting components, and
spanning vast geographical areas. For safe and efficient operation of these canals …

This paper deals with the regulation of irrigation canals. We consider the distributed and
nonlinear nature of a single reach delimited by two regulator gates and which can be …

A new method is proposed for controlling main irrigation canals with variable dynamical
parameters based on robust fractional order controllers. A methodology for designing PID …

The objective of this survey paper is to review the main methodologies used in the
development of models and in the design of controllers for irrigation canal systems. These …

Linear quadratic optimal control theory is applied to the automatic control of two different
eight-pool irrigation canals. The model used to design the controller is derived from the Saint …

This work regards the design of optimization techniques for the purposes of state estimation
and control in the framework of inland waterways, often characterized by negligible bottom …