Entropy Applications in Environmental and Water Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Entropy theory has found applications in a wide range of problems in the field of environmental and water engineering, including river hydraulic geometry, fluvial hydraulics, water monitoring network design, river flow forecasting, floods and droughts, river network analysis, infiltration, soil moisture, sediment transport, surface water and groundwater quality modeling, ecosystems modeling, water distribution networks, environmental and water resources management, and parameter estimation. Such applications have also used several different entropy formulations, such as the Shannon, Tsallis, Rényi, Burg, Kolmogorov, Kapur, configurational, and relative entropies, which can be derived in time, space or frequency domain. More recently, entropy-based concepts have been coupled with other theories, including copula and wavelets, to study various issues associated with environmental and water resources’ systems. Recent and current research clearly indicate the enormous scope and potential of entropy theory in advancing research in the field of environmental and water engineering, including establishing and explaining physical connections between theory and reality.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for compiling important recent and current research on the applications of entropy theory in environmental and water engineering. Manuscripts that address any and all aspects associated with entropy theory applications in environmental and water engineering are welcome. Manuscripts that attempt integration of entropy theory with other concepts and those that address general and large-scale issues in environmental and water engineering are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Huijuan Cui
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar
Prof. Vijay P. Singh
Guest Editors

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