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1. Georgakakos, A., H. Yao, K. Brumbelow, C. Demarchi, S. Bourne, A. Tidwell, L. Visone, 2003, “Nile Decision Support Tool.” This decision support system combines extensive hydroclimatic data bases with state of the science hydrologic, agricultural, and water resources models to assess the impacts of various development and management scenarios for the Nile Basin. The Nile DST software and associated reports (6 volumes) and user manuals (6 documents) has been developed and provided to the Nile Basin countries. Training and technology transfer activities are on-going.
2. Georgakakos, A.P., and H. Yao, 2001, "ACT-DSS, 1.0." This decision support system was developed to support the water allocation negotiations among the States of Alabama and Georgia for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river basins. The system has been used to assess the impacts of alternative water allocation scenarios and has already led to important policy changes. ACT-DSS runs on personal computers under the Windows operating system and is being linked to the ACF-DSS.
3. Georgakakos, A.P., and H. Yao, 1999, "ACF-DSS, 1.0." This decision support system was developed to support the water allocation negotiations among the States of Alabama, Georgia and Florida for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river basin. The system has been made available (complete with the necessary training) to the technical teams of the three states for their use in assessing the impacts of alternative water allocation scenarios. The development and use of the ACF-DSS has already had a beneficial impact in the formulation of the ACF compact proposals. ACF-DSS runs on personal computers under the Windows operating system.
3. Georgakakos, A.P., H. Yao, K. Brumbelow, S. Bourne, C. DeMarchi, and M. Mullusky, Copyright GTRC, 1998, "Lake Victoria Decision Support System (LVDSS)." This Windows-based software package is the first to integrate remote sensing, watershed modeling, agricultural planing, hydropower scheduling, and lake management modules within a GIS framework. LVDSS has been installed and is presently used by hydro-meteorological agencies, water ministries, and power utilities in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Personnel from these organizations has been thoroughly trained in the theory and use of the decision system through on-site technical workshops and extensive training missions to Georgia Tech.
4. Georgakakos, A.P., and H. Yao, 1997, "Western Sterea Hellas DSS, 1.0." This decision support system runs on high-end Personal Computers and is used for water resources planning by the Greek Ministry of the Environment and Public Works. The system includes long-range policy-assessment applications as well as management modules.
5. Georgakakos, A.P., and H. Yao, 1996, “Decision Support System for the Management of the High Aswan Dam.” This decision support system runs on high-end Personal Computers and Unix Workstations and is used operationally by the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources and the Ministry of Electricity. The system includes long-range policy-assessment applications as well as real-time control models to guide the day-to-day and hour-to-hour hydropower operations. Inflow forecasts are provided by distributed hydrologic models using satellite and on-site hydro meteorologic data. The model-user interface is graphical and user-friendly. The HAD-DSS has already been installed and made operational at the Nile Forecast and Control Center (NFC) in the Planning Sector of the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources (MPWWR) in Cairo. Several senior Egyptian officials and engineers have been extensively trained in its theory and use and are presently responsible for its operation.
6. Georgakakos, A.P., H. Yao, and Y. Yu, 1993, “Control Models for Hydropower Planning and Operation of the ACF-ACT River Basins.” Nine models were developed and delivered to the Atlanta Regional Commission for their use in hydropower planning.
7. Georgakakos, A. P., and H. Yao, 1993, "NN12TS and NN12F Seasonal Neural Network Training and Forecasting Models for the Nile Basin." These programs have been developed under U.S. AID Grant #T5416-OAO and perform training and forecasting of hydrologic time series. The programs run on IBM compatible microcomputers and are used by the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources to predict monthly flows at various locations in the Nile Basin.
8. Georgakakos, A. P., and H. Yao, 1992, "GNEWTON: BOD Curve Fitting." This program was sponsored by Georgia's Environmental Protection Division and is used to fit common BOD models to experimental data. The program runs on IBM personal computers and is used by Georgia's EPD to assist in permitting decisions.