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Demand-Driven Automatic Control of Irrigation Channels

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Large-scale networks of reservoirs and open channels are widely used in agricultural settings for distributing water to irrigators. A demand-driven approach to the automatic control of irrigation channels is described in this entry. The approach involves online measurement of water levels along the channel and distributed feedback control of flow regulation structures to manage the capacity to supply water off-takes under the power of gravity.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Michael Cantoni & Iven Mareels

  2. IBM Research Australia, Southbank, VIC, Australia

    Iven Mareels

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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  2. Automation and Control Solutions, Honeywell, Golden Valley, MN, USA

    Tariq Samad

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    Tariq Samad

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Cantoni, M., Mareels, I. (2020). Demand-Driven Automatic Control of Irrigation Channels. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_100100-1

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