Atmospheric Diffusion Modeling and Optimal Air Quality Control Strategies

Abstract

Atmospheric diffusion models are used in a rapidly increasing number of studies for controlling and/or managing air quality. In general these studies try to find the least-cost control strategy by solving the following mathematical program:

$${\text{select}}\;x$$

((1))

$${\rm{thatminimizes}}\,\gamma \left( x \right)$$

((2))

$${\text{subject}}\;\;{\text{to C}}\left( {x,q} \right) < {c^x}$$

((3))

Research partly supported by ICSAR grant (International Cooperation for Systems Analysis Research) and the Municipality of Vienna (MA22)