A new agricultural flood losses prediction method using digital elevation data combined with agricultural economic data is presented. The method is based on dynamically simulating the procedure of flood out. An example in Huangdunhu flood detention area, Jiangshu province of China has been given to describe how to use it to predict the incoming agricultural losses. Compared with prior methods, ...

This paper describes the architecture and implementation of MIKE a version of the IK distributed persistent object oriented programming platform built on top of the Mach microkernel MIKE s primary goal is to o er a single object oriented programming paradigm for writing distributed applications In MIKE an application programmer can use C almost as he would in a non distributed system The platfo...

Considering characteristics of high river density, special underlying surface in plain river network region, and municipal drainage system function, river network drainage unit model is proposed, which is defined as a region surrounded by main river or embankment. Flood storage variety and control projects regulation of small rivers in each unit is simulated. With drainage catchment as an objec...

Hydrologic modelling studies usually involve data series with a large temporal scale, especially in Romania, focusing on long-term impact analysis. Nevertheless, event-based runoff models are essential tools for short-term purposes such as flash flood forecasting. Suitable methods or must be considered order to ensure the validity of research based parameter calibration particular area. Therefo...

Few first-rate biologists start their careers with only one ‘A-level’ (High School qualification) and a job in a copper wire factory. Fewer still go on to command a research budget of £250 million a year. But then Mike Dexter, who takes over this summer as director of the UK’s Wellcome Trust, the world’s biggest medical research charity, has always done things his own way. Dexter joins the Trus...

This paper shows how KARO (Knowledge Acquisition Environment with Reusable Ontoiogies) supports the development of the domain layer in MIKE (Model-based and Incremental Knowledge Engineering). KARO supplements the reuse of generic problem-solving methods at the task and inference layers in MIKE with a commonsense ontology at the domain layer. The intention is to make the development process eas...

Flood risk analysis is more complex in urban areas than that in rural areas because of their closely packed buildings, different kinds of land uses, and large number of flood control works and drainage systems. The purpose of this paper is to propose a practical framework for flood risk analysis and benefit assessment of flood control measures in urban areas. Based on the concept of disaster ri...

John Michael Harrison (Mike Harrison) was born in London, England on February 2, 1915 and died on November 30, 2007 at his home in Brookline, MA. He received his early education at Stonyhurst College and then graduated from the Institution of Electrical Engineering, London, in 1942. He then obtained a postgraduate academic diploma in psychology from University College and Birkbeck College, Univ...