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Biological Filter Design Optimization

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Mathematical Analysis of Decision Problems in Ecology

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 5))

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An optimization method is used to determine the most economical design for biological trickling filters based on four different models, the Eckenfelder, the Galler-Gotaas, the National Research Council and the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Board. Filter depth has the greatest influence on the most economical design with the Galler-Gotaas model, some influence in the Eckenfelder and NRC models and no influence in the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes model.

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  1. The Technological Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Harold B. Gotaas

  2. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

    William S. Galler

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  1. Center for Cybernetic Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, Texas, USA

    A. Charnes

  2. Hollister Hall, Cornell University, 14850, Ithaca, N.Y., USA

    W. R. Lynn

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Gotaas, H.B., Galler, W.S. (1975). Biological Filter Design Optimization. In: Charnes, A., Lynn, W.R. (eds) Mathematical Analysis of Decision Problems in Ecology. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80924-8_8

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