abstract = "All reservoirs are subjected to sediment inflow and
deposition to a certain extent resulting in reduction
of their capacity. Trap efficiency (Te), a most
important parameter for reservoir sedimentation
studies, is being estimated using conventional
empirical methods till today. A limited research has
been carried out on estimating the variation of Te with
time. In the present study, an attempt has been made to
incorporate the age of the reservoir to estimate the
Te. This study investigates the suitability of
conventional empirical approaches along with soft
computing data-driven techniques to estimate the
reservoir Te. The incorporation of reservoir age, in
empirical model, has resulted in a better Te
estimation. Further, to estimate Te at different time
steps, soft computing approaches such as artificial
neural networks (ANNs) and genetic programming (GP)
have been attempted. Based on correlation analysis, it
was found that ANN model (4-4-1) resulted better than
conventional empirical methods but inferior to GP. The
results show that the GP model is parsimonious and
understandable and is well suited to estimate Te of a
large reservoir.",
notes = "http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhyeff
Also known as
\cite{doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000273}",