Optimization of pumping rates in an island freshwater lens considering parameter, observation, and climate uncertainty
Bibliographic record
Abstract
<p>Numerical models and optimization algorithms can be valuable tools for decision-making in coastal and island aquifers, where pumping wells are threatened by salinization. Yet, the implementation of pumping optimization under uncertainty remains limited in practice, because of long simulation times and challenges associated with uncertainty propagation through series of models. A method was developed to optimize pumping rates in an island freshwater lens considering parameter, observation, and climate uncertainty. It was implemented in an island aquifer in the Magdalen Islands (Québec, Canada). A seawater intrusion model with rapid simulation times was developed using MODFLOW-SWI2. The iterative ensemble smoother algorithm implemented by PESTPP-IES allowed for history matching and nonlinear uncertainty quantification. The model predictive uncertainties were coupled with climate uncertainties, including recharge uncertainty (derived from various global circulation models and emission scenarios) and sea-level rise uncertainty. Using PESTPP-OPT, the pumping rates in the freshwater lens were then maximized while avoiding the risk of well salinization and considering parameter, observation, and climate uncertainty. Results of the pumping optimization were compared with estimates of water demand uncertainty. This study used widely available, model-independent software and could be used to support groundwater management decision-making in other insular or coastal areas.</p>
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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