Masoud Asadzadeh, PhD
Assistant Professor

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Asadzadeh M., Leon L., Yang W., Bosch D., 2016. One-day offset in daily hydrologic modeling: An exploration of the issue in automatic model calibration. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 534, pp. 164-177, ISSN 0022-1694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.056..
  • Asadzadeh M., Leon L., McCrimmon R. C., Yang W., Liu Y., Wong I., Fong P., Bowen G., 2015. Watershed derived nutrients for Lake Ontario inflows: Model calibration considering typical land operations in Southern Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 41(4), pp. 1037-1051, ISSN 0380-1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2015.09.002.
  • Delisle F. J., Rochette S., Pelletier G., Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., and Rodriguez M. J., 2015. Minimizing Water Residence Time in Quebec City’s Main Distribution Network Using Hybrid Discrete Dynamically Dimensioned Search (HD-DDS). PART II. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA, 64(3), pp. 378-390, doi:10.2166/aqua.2014.054.
  • Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., Burn D. H., 2014. A New Selection Metric for Multi-Objective Hydrologic Model Calibration. Water Resources Research, 50(9), pp. 7082–7099, doi:10.1002/2013WR014970.
  • Asadzadeh M., Razavi S., Tolson B. A., and Fay D., 2014. Pre-emption strategies for efficient multi-objective optimization: Application to the development of Lake Superior regulation plan. Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 54, April 2014, pp. 128-141, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.005.
  • Asadzadeh M., and Tolson B. A., 2013. Pareto Archived Dynamically Dimensioned Search with Hypervolume Based Selection for Multi Objective Optimization. Engineering Optimization, 45(12), pp. 1489-1509, doi:10.1080/0305215X.2012.748046.
  • Razavi S., Asadzadeh M., Tolson B., Fay D., Moin S., Bruxer J., and Fan Y., 2013. Evaluation of New Control Structures for Regulating the Great Lakes System: A Multi-Scenario, Multi-Reservoir Optimization Approach. ASCE, Water Resources Planning and Management, 140(8), doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000375.
  • Marchi A., Salomons E., Ostfeld A., Kapelan Z., Simpson A., Zecchin A., Maier H., Wu Z., Elsayed S., Song Y., Walski T., Stokes C., Wu W., Dandy G., Alvisi S., Creaco E., Franchini M., Saldarriaga J., Páez D., Hernández D., Bohórquez J., Bent R., Coffrin C., Judi D., McPherson T., van Hentenryck P., Matos J., Monteiro A., Matias N., Yoo D., Lee H., Kim J., Iglesias-Rey P., Martínez-Solano F., Mora-Meliá D., Ribelles-Aguilar J., Guidolin M., Fu G., Reed P., Wang Q., Liu H., McClymont K., Johns M., Keedwell E., Kandiah V., Jasper M., Drake K., Shafiee E., Barandouzi M., Berglund A., Brill D., Mahinthakumar G., Ranjithan R., Zechman E., Morley M., Tricarico C., de Marinis G., Tolson B., Khedr A., and Asadzadeh M., 2013. The Battle of the Water Networks II (BWN-II). ASCE, Water Resources Planning and Management, 140(7), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000378.
  • Matott L. S., Tolson B. A., and Asadzadeh M., 2012. A Benchmarking Framework for Simulation-based Optimization of Environmental Models. Environmental Modelling and Software, 35, July 2012, pp. 19-30, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.002.
  • Ostfeld A., Salomons E., Ormsbee L., Uber J., Bros C., Kalungi P., Burd R., Zazula-Coetzee B., Belrain T., Kang D., Lansey K., Shen H., McBean E., Yi Wu Z., Walski, T., Alvisi S., Franchini M., Johnson J., Ghimire S., Barkdoll B., Koppel T., Vassiljev A., Kim J., Chung G., Yoo D., Diao K., Zhou Y., Li J., Liu Z., Chang K., Gao J., Qu S., Yuan Y., Prasad T., Laucelli D., Vamvakeridou Lyroudia L., Kapelan Z., Savic D., Berardi L., Barbaro G., Giustolisi O., Asadzadeh M., Tolson B., and McKillop R., 2012. Battle of the Water Calibration Networks. ASCE, Water Resources Planning and Management, 138(5), pp. 523–532, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000191.
  • Asadzadeh M., and Tolson B. A., 2011. Hybrid Pareto archived dynamically dimensioned search for multi-objective combinatorial optimization: application to water distribution network design. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 14(1), pp. 192-205, doi:10.2166/hydro.2011.098.
  • Tolson B. A., Asadzadeh M., Maier H. R., and Zecchin A., 2009. Hybrid discrete dynamically dimensioned search (HD-DDS) algorithm for water distribution system design optimization. Water Resources Research, 45(12), doi:10.1029/2008WR007673.
  • Peer-Reviewed Technical Reports

  • Tolson B. A., Asadzadeh M., and Razavi S. S., 2011. Chapter 3: Restoration Modelling. In Stakhiv G. and Moin S. (editors), Options for Restoring Lake Michigan-Huron Water Levels: An Exploratory Analysis. Technical Report produced for International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS). May 26, 2011, pp. 17-35.
  • Tolson B. A., Razavi S. S., and Asadzadeh M., 2011. Formulation and Evaluation of New Control Structures in the Great Lakes System. Technical Report produced for IUGLS International Joint Commission (IJC) Study. May, 9, 2011, 50 pages
  • Conference Papers

  • Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., 2012. Assessing the impact of alternative pipe groupings on multi-objective water distribution network calibration. In: WDSA 2012: 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference, 24-27 September 2012 in Adelaide, South Australia. Barton, A.C.T.: Engineers Australia, 2012: 19-27.
  • Tolson B. A., Khedr A., Asadzadeh M., 2012. The battle of the water networks (BWN-II): Padds based solution approach. In: WDSA 2012: 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference, 24-27 September 2012 in Adelaide, South Australia. Barton, A.C.T.: Engineers Australia, 2012: 291-304.
  • Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., and McKillop R., 2010. A Two Stage Optimization Approach for Calibrating Water Distribution Systems. In Lansey K., Choi C., Ostfeld A., and Pepper I. (editors), Proceedings of the 12th water distribution systems analysis symposium, (Battle of Water Calibration Networks), September 12-15, 2010, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Asadzadeh M., and Tolson B. A., 2009. A New Multi-Objective Algorithm, Pareto Archived DDS. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference Companion on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference: Late Breaking Papers (GECCO'09), July 8-12, 2009, Montreal, QC, Canada. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1963-1966.
  • Tolson B. A., Asadzadeh M., Maier H. R., and Zecchin A., 2008. A New Algorithm for Water Distribution System Optimization: Discrete Dynamically Dimensioned Search. In Proceedings of the ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 13-16, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Asadzadeh M., Kerachian R., and Mortazavi M., 2006. Conflict Resolution in Water Resources Allocation. 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, September 4-7, 2006, Nice, France.
  • Karamouz M., Moridi A., Kerachian R., and Asadzadeh M., 2005. Conflict Resolution in Water Allocation Considering the Water Quality Issues. In Proceedings of the ASCE International World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 15-19, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska. DOI:10.1061/40792(173)66.
  • Zahraie B., Karamouz M., Kerachian R., and Asadzadeh M., 2005. Evaluation of Water Sector Performances: A Case Study. In Proceedings of the ASCE International World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 15-19, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska. DOI:10.1061/40792(173)503.
  • Conference Presentations

  • Asadzadeh M., Leon L., McCrimmon R. C., Wong I., Fong P., Bowen G., 2015. Modelling Watershed-Derived Nutrients for Lake Ontario Inflow Considering Typical Land Operations in Southern Ontario. 2015 AD Latornell Conservation Symposium, November 17-19, 2015, Alliston, Ontario, CA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Leon L., and Yang W., 2014. One-Day Offset between Simulated and Measured Daily Hydrographs: An Exploration of the Issue in Automatic Model Calibration. AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Tolson B. A., and Asadzadeh M., 2014. A New Selection Metric for Multi-Objective Hydrologic Model Calibration. AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Yang W., Liu Y., Booty W., 2014. Modified SWAT Model for Cold Climate of Canada: Application to a Watershed in Southern Ontario. CWRA 2014 Canada Water Resources Congress, June 2-4, 2014, Hamilton, Ontario, CA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Razavi S. S., Tolson B. A., Fay D., Werick W., and Fan Y., 2012. A New Rule Curve Based Regulation Plan for Lake Superior. International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR 2012), May 13-17, 2012, Cornwall, Ontario, CA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Razavi S. S., and Tolson B. A., 2011. Multi-objective Lake Superior Regulation. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Razavi S. S., Tolson B. A., and Asadzadeh M., 2011. Developing Multi-Lake Regulation Plans for the Great Lakes through Multi-Scenario Optimization. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Asadzadeh M., and Tolson B. A., 2011. Multiobjective Model Calibration with PA-DDS: Testing Alternative Selection Mechanisms. In Proceedings of the ASCE International World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 21-26, Palm Springs, USA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., Pelletier G., Delisle F. J., and Rodriguez M. J., 2010. Bi-Objective Calibration of Quebec City Water Distribution Network. Hydrology, Hydraulics and Water Resources in an Uncertain Environment (Water 2010), Quebec City, QC, CA.
  • Asadzadeh M., MacLean A., Tolson B. A., and Burn D. H., 2009. Hydrologic Model Development and Calibration: Contrasting a Single- and Multi-Objective Approach for Comparing Model Performance. AGU/CGU Joint Assembly, May 24-29, 2009, Toronto, Ontario, CA.
  • Asadzadeh M., Tolson B. A., and MacLean A., 2009. A Comparative Study of Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms for Automatic Calibration. AGU Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Razavi S. S., Tolson B. A., Matott L. S., Asadzadeh M., and Seglenieks F., 2009. A simple non-invasive efficiency improvement for hydrologic model calibration. AGU Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Asadzadeh M., and Mortazavi M., 2006. Parameter Calibration of Tank Model Using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm. 2nd Iranian Water Resources Conference, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Karamouz M., Zahraei B., Asadzadeh M., and Saba N., 2004. Development of Water Allocation Policies Considering the Demand Variation: A System Dynamic Approach. 1stIranian Water Resources Conference, Tehran, Iran.