WANG Hao, WANG Xu, LEI Xiaohui, LIAO Weihong, WANG Chao and WANG Jia

Abstract: Reservoir operation is an important and effective approach to optimal allocation of water resources. It can effectively alleviate natural disasters, such as regional drought and flood. It also plays an important role in supporting sustainable development of water resources strategy. A complete framework on cascade reservoir operation has been formed as a result of theoretical innovation and technological development. The pioneers who are devoted to reservoir operation have carried out plenty of excellent works in both improvement of traditional techniques and theoretical innovations. This paper is aimed to review the development of reservoir operation, summarize the hot issues in the field of reservoir operation at home and abroad, and propose some future potential directions of reservoir operation.

Key words: cascade reservoir operation; multi-scale sequential decision; complementation of multiple energies; big data era