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Optimal operation of a multipurpose multireservoir system in the Eastern Nile River Basin
Q. Goor
Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
C. Halleux
Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Y. Mohamed
Department of Water Resources, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Department of Management and Institutions, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands
A. Tilmant
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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