Journal Articles and Books

• • Shamir U. and Harleman D.R.F. (1967) “Dispersion in Layered Porous Media”, Proc. ASCE, Vol. 93, No. HY5, pp. 237-260.

• • Shamir U. and Harleman D.R.F.(1967) “Numerical Solutions for Dispersion in Porous Media”, Water Resources Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 557-581.

• • Shamir, U. and Howard, C.D.D. (1968) “Water Distribution Systems Analysis“, Proc ASCE, Vol. 94, No. HY1, pp. 219-234.  Closure of discussions: Vol. 96, No. HY2, February 1970, pp. 577-578.  Transactions ASCE, Vol. 135, 1970, pp. 868-869.

• • Shamir, U. and Dagan, G. (1971) “Motion of the Interface in Coastal Aquifers: A Numerical Solution“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 644-657.

• • Shamir, U. (1971) “Optimal Route Location for Pipelines in Two Phase Flow“, Journal of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 215-222 .

• • Shamir, U. (1971) “Optimization of Project Resource Allocation”, Israel Journal of Technology, Vol. 9, No. 6

• • Reiss, M., Kirsch, U. and Shamir, U. (1972) “Optimum Design of Partitioning into Substructures“, Proc. ASCE, Vol. 98, No. ST1, pp. 249-267.

• • Shamir, U. (1972) “Optimizing the Operation of Israel’s Water System”, Technology Review, pp. 41-48.

• • Damelin, E., Shamir, U. and Arad, N. (1972) “Engineering and Economic Evaluation of the Reliability of Water Supply“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 861-877.

• • Argaman, Y., Shamir, U. and Spivak, E. (1973) “Optimal Design of Sewerage Systems“, Proc. ASCE Environmental Engineering Division, Vol. 99, No. EE5, pp. 703-716.

• • Shamir, U. (1974) “Optimal Design and Operation of Water Distribution Systems“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 27-36.

• • Shimron, Z. and Shamir, U. (1973) “Short Range Forecasting of Water Demands”, Israel Journal of Technology, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 423-430.

• • Hefez, E., Shamir, U. and Bear, J. (1975) “Forecasting Water Levels in Aquifers by Numerical and Semi Hybrid Methods“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 988-991.

• • Hefez, E., Shamir, U. and Bear, J. (1975) “Identifying the Parameters of an Aquifer Cell Model“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 993-1004.

• • Damelin, E. and Shamir U. (1976) “Optimal Operation of the Kinneret Eshkol Section of the National Water Carrier“, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 28, No. 2/4, pp. 277-288.

• • Barnea, M., Shamir, U. and Schechter, M. (1976) “Incorporating Outdoor Recreation in a Model of Streamflow Regulation and Water Quality Improvement”, in “Economic Modeling for Water Policy Evaluation”, Ed. by M. Thrall, North Holland, pp. 569-609.

• • Howard, C.D.D. and Shamir, U. (1976) “Hierarchial Multiple Objective Analysis of Land and Water Resources Utilization of a System of Lakes”, in “Large Engineering Systems”, Ed. by E. Wexler, University of Manitoba, pp. 569-609.

• • Shamir, U. and Howard, C.D.D. (1977) “Engineering Analysis of Water Distribution Systems“, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Vol. 69, pp. 510-514.

• • Alperovits, E. and Shamir, U. (1977) “Design of Optimal Water Distribution Systems“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 885-900.

• • Damelin, E. and Shamir, U. (1978) “A Simple Hydraulic Simulator“, Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 12-23.

• • Shamir, U. (1979) “Optimization of Water Distribution Systems”, in “Mathematical Programming Study 11: Engineering Optimization”, Ed. by M. Avriel and R. Dembo, North Holland, pp. 65-84.

• • Shamir, U. and Howard, C.D.D. (1979) “An Analytic Approach to Scheduling Pipe Replacement“, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Vol. 71, No. 5, pp. 248-258.

• • Amir, I., Shamir, U. and Broughton, R.F. (1978) “Monitoring and Decision Making Processes for Operating Agricultural Production Systems“, Agricultural Systems, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 253-264.

• • Amir, I., Shamir, U. and Broughton, R.F. (1980) “A Regret Function for Agricultural Production Systems“, Agricultural Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 81-91.

• • Alkan, D. and Shamir, U. (1979) “Multiple Objective Planning of a Regional Water Resources System“, in “Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources: Proceedings of the ORAGWA International Conference”, Ed. by D. Yaron and C. Tapiero, North Holland, pp. 439-465.

• • Shamir, U. (1980) “Applications of Operations Research in Israel’s Water Sector“, European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 5, pp. 332-345.

• • Shamir, U. and Howard, C.D.D. (1981) “Water Supply Reliability Theory“, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Vol. 73, No. 7, pp. 379-384.

• • Shamir, U. (1981) “Real time Control of Water Supply Systems”, Proceedings of International Symposium of Real Time Operation of Hydrosystems, Ed. by T.E. Unny and E.A. McBean, University of Waterloo, Canada, pp. 550-561.

• • Shamir, U. (1981) “Systems Analysis and Microelectronics in Water Resources”, Journal of the Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists, Special supplement on “Microelectronics in the Water Industry”, pp. 29-41.

• • Meyers, S. and Shamir, U. (1982) “Optimal Annual Operation of a Water Supply and Distribution System“, Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 5, pp. 240-247.

• • Shamir, U. (1983) “Experiences in Multiobjective Planning and Management of Water Resources Systems“, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1/3, pp. 77-92.

• • Shamir, U. (1983) “Management of Regional Multiple Quality Water Supply Systems“, in “Scientific Procedures Applied to the Planning, Design and Management of Water Resources Systems”, IAHS Publication No. 147, pp. 407-421.

• • Shamir, U., Bear, J. and Gamliel, A. (1984) “Optimal Annual Operation of a Coastal Aquifer“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 435-444.

• • Loucks, D.P., Stedinger, J.R. and Shamir, U. (1984) “Research in Water Resources and Environmental Systems Modeling: Some Historical Perspectives, Current Issues, and Future Directions”, Natural Resources Forum, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 219-240.

• • Bear, J., Shamir, U., Gamliel, A. and Shapiro, A. (1985) “Motion of the Seawater Interface in a Coastal Aquifer“, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 76, pp. 119-132.

• • Shamir, U. (1985) “Modelling for Water Supply Planning”, H2O The Dutch Journal for Water Supply and Sewage Treatment, pp. 160-163.

• • Shamir, U., Bear, J. Arad, N., Gal Noor, Y., Selbst, N. and Vardi, Y. (1985) “National Water Policy: A Methodology and its Application to Israel“, in “Scientific Basis for Water Resources Management”, IAHS Publication No. 153, Ed. by M. Diskin, pp. 369-379.

• • Schwarz, J., Meidad, N. and Shamir, U. (1985) “Water Quality Management in Regional Systems“, in “Scientific Basis for Water Resources Management”, IAHS Publication No. 153, Ed. by M. Diskin, pp. 341-349.

• • Loucks, D.P., Stedinger, J.R. and Shamir, U. (1985) “Modelling Water Resource Systems: Issues and Experiences“, Civil Engineering Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 223-231.

• • Hamberg, D. and Shamir, U. (1988) “Schematic Models for Distribution Systems Design: I Combination Concept“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 129-140.

• • Hamberg, D. and Shamir U. (1988) “Schematic Models for Distribution Systems Design: II Continuum Approach“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 141-162.

• • Wagner, J.M., Shamir, U. and Marks, D.H. (1988) “Water Distribution Reliability: Analytical Methods“, Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 3, pp. 253-275.

• • Wagner, J.M., Shamir, U. and Marks, D.H. (1988) “Water Distribution Reliability: Simulation Methods“, Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Vol. 114, No.3, pp. 276-294.
  • The two 1988 papers by Wagner, Shamir and Marks were awarded “The 2021 Seminal Paper Award” by the ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
  • Kessler, A. and Shamir, U. (1989) “Analysis of the Linear Programming Gradient Method for Optimal Design of Water Supply Networks“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 1469-1480.

• • Zessler, U. and Shamir, U. (1989) “Optimal Operation of Water Distribution Systems“, Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 6, pp. 735-752.

• • Kessler, A., Ormsbee, L. and Shamir, U. (1989) “A Methodology for Least-Cost Design of Invulnerable Water Distribution Networks“, Civil Engineering Systems, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 20-28.

• • Kessler, A. and Shamir, U. (1991) “Decomposition Technique for Optimal Design of Water Supply Networks“, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 17, pp. 1-19.

• • Eiger G. and Shamir, U. (1991) “Optimal Operation of Reservoirs by Stochastic Programming“, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 17, pp. 293-312.

• • Wagner, J.M., Shamir, U. and Nemati, H.R. (1992) “Groundwater Quality Management Under Uncertainty: Stochastic Programming with Recourse and the Value of Information“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 28, No.5, pp. 1233-1246.

• • Ostfeld, A. and Shamir, U. (1993) “Optimal Operation of Multiquality Distribution Systems: Steady State Conditions“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol 119, No. 6, pp. 645-662.

• • Ostfeld, A. and Shamir, U. (1993) “Optimal Operation of Multiquality Distribution Systems: Unsteady Conditions“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol 119, No. 6, pp. 663-684.

• • Ostfeld, A. and Shamir, U. (1993) “Incorporating Reliability in Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems: Review and New Concepts“, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 42, pp. 5-11.

• • Shvartser, L., Shamir, U. and Feldman, M. (1993) “Forecasting Hourly Water Demands by a Pattern Recognition Approach“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol 119, No. 6, pp. 611-627.

• • Wagner, J.M., Shamir, U. and Marks, D.H. (1994) “Containing Groundwater Contamination: Planning Models using Stochastic Programming with Recourse“, the European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 77, pp. 1-26.

• • Eiger, G., Shamir, U. and Ben-Tal, A. (1994) “Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks“, Water Resources Research, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 2637-2646.

• • Ostfeld, A. and Shamir, U. (1996) “Design of Optimal Reliable Multi-Quality Water Supply Systems“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 5, pp 322-333.

• • Carmon, N., Shamir, U. and Meiron-Pistiner, S. (1997) “Water-Sensitive Urban Planning: Protecting Groundwater“, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 40(4), pp. 413-434.

• • Carmon, N. and Shamir, U. (1997) “Water-Sensitive Urban Planning: Concept and Preliminary Analysis“, in: Ground Water in the Urban Environment: Problems, Processes and Management, Chilton et al. (Eds.), Balkema, pp. 107-113.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2000) “Optimal Operation of Multi-Quality Networks – I: Introduction and The Q-C Model“, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 549-584.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2000) “Optimal Operation of Multi-Quality Networks – II: The Q-H Model“, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 687-719.

• • Shamir, U. and Howard, C.D.D. (2000) “Management of Urban Water“, Editorial, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 114-117.

• • Gordon, E., Shamir, U. and Bensabat, J. (2000) “Optimal Management of a Regional Aquifer Under Salinization Conditions”, Water Resources Research, 36(11), p. 3193-3204.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2000) “Optimal Operation of Multi-Quality Networks – III: The Q-C-H Model“, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1-35.

• • Gordon, E., Shamir, U. and Bensabat, J. (2001) “Optimal Extraction of Water from a Regional Aquifer Under Salinization”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, pp. 71-77.

• • Kronaveter, L., Shamir, U. and Kessler, A. (2001) “Water-Sensitive Urban Planning: Modeling On-Site Infiltration”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, pp. 78-88.

• • Kliot, N., Shmueli, D. and Shamir, U. (2001) “Institutions for Management of Transboundary Water Resources: Their Nature, Characteristics and Shortcomings”, Water Policy, Vol. 3, pp. 229-255.

• • Shmueli, D. and Shamir, U. (2001) “Application of International Law of Water Quality To Recent Middle East Water Agreements”, Water Policy, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 405-423.

• • Morin, E., Enzel, Y., Shamir, U. and Garti, R. (2001) “The Characteristic Time Scale for Basin Hydrological Response Using Radar Data”, Journal of Hydrology, 252 (1-4), pp. 85-99.

• • Kliot, N., Shmueli, D. and Shamir, U. (2001) “Development of Institutional Frameworks for Management of Transboundary Water Resources”, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Vol. 1, Nos. 3/4, pp. 306-328.

• • Ostfeld, A., Kogan, D. and Shamir, U. (2002) “Reliability Simulation of Water Distribution Systems – Single and Multiquality”, Urban Water, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 53-61.

• • Markel, D. and Shamir, U. (2002) “Monitoring Lake Kinneret and Its Watershed: Forming the Basis for Management of a Water Supply Lake“, in: Rubin, H., P. Nachtnebel, J. Furst and U. Shamir (Eds.)”Water Resources Quality: Preserving the Quality of our Water Resources”, Springer-Verlag, pp. 177-190.

• • Fisher, F., Arlosoroff, S., Eckstein, Z., Haddadin, M., Hamati, S., Huber-Lee, A., Jarrar, A., Jayyousi, A., Shamir, U. and Wesseling, H. (2002) “Optimal Water Management and Conflict Resolution: The Middle East Water Project”, Water Resources Research, 38(11), 243, doi:10.1029/2001WR000943.

• • Morin, E., Georgakakos, K.P., Shamir, U., Garti, R. and Enzel, Y. (2002) “Objective, observations-based, automatic estimation of the catchment response timescale“, Water Resources Research 38(11), 10.1029/2001WR000808.

• • Morin, E., Georgakakos, K.P., Shamir, U., Garti, R. and Enzel, Y. (2003) “Investigating the effect of catchment characteristics on the response time scale using a distributed model and weather radar information”, IAHS Publication 282, pp. 177-185.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2004) “Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Operation of Irrigation Supply Systems with Water Quality Considerations”, Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 18(3), pp. 227-253, DOI 10.1007/s10795-004-9145-y.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2003) “Comparison of Models for Optimal Operation of Multiquality Networks”, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 579-605.

• • Naveh, N. and Shamir, U. (2004) “Managing Groundwater Levels in an Agricultural Area with Peat Soils”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 130(3), pp. 243-254.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2004) “Water quality aspects of optimal operation of rural water distribution systems for supply of irrigation and drinking water”, Irrigation and Drainage, 53(4), pp. 339-361.

• • Fisher, F. M., Huber-Lee, A., Amir, I., Arlosoroff, S., Eckstein, Z., Haddadin, M. J., Hamati, S. G., Jarrar, A. M., Jayyousi, A. F., Shamir, U. and Wesseling, H. (2005) “Liquid Assets: An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond”, Resources for the Future, Washington DC, USA.

• • Kronaveter, L. and Shamir, U. (2007) “A Negotiation Support System for Resolution of Disputes Over International Water Resources”, in: “Topics on System Analysis and Integrated Water Resources Management”, Edited by Andrea Castelletti and Rodofo Soncini-Sessa, Elsevier, pp. 189-205.

• • Jamieson, D.G., Shamir, U., Martinez, F. and Franchini, M. (2007) “Conceptual design of a generic, real-time, near-optimal control system for water-distribution networks“, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 9., No. 1, pp. 3-14.

• • Salomons, E., Goryashko, A., Shamir, U., Rao, Z. and Alvisi, S. (2007) “Optimizing the operation of the Haifa-A water-distribution network“, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 51-64.

• • Shamir, U. and Salomons, E. (2008) “Optimal Real-Time Operation of Urban Water Distribution Systems“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 181-185.

• • Kronaveter, L. and Shamir, U. (2009) “Negotiation Support for Cooperative Allocation of a Shared Water Resource: Methodology“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 2, pp. 60-69.

• • Kronaveter, L. and Shamir, U. (2009) “Negotiation Support for Cooperative Allocation of a Shared Water Resource: Application“, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 135, No.(2), pp. 70-79.

• • Sinai G., Dalins B-Z., Cohen D. and Shamir U. (2009) “Design of Irrigation Water Supply Systems using the Q-C Feasibility Domain Concept: Introduction and Theory“, Irrigation and Drainage, Vol. 58, pp. 50-60.

• • Carmon N. and Shamir U. (2009) “Water-Sensitive Planning: Integrating Water Considerations into Urban and Regional Planning“, Water and Environment Journal, Published Online, DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00172.

• • Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. (2009) “Optimisation of complex water supply systems with water quality, hydraulic and treatment plant aspects”, Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems Volume 26, Issue 4, pp. 295-321.

• • Housh M., Ostfeld A., and Shamir U. (2011). “A box-constrained optimization methodology and its application for a water supply system model.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, posted ahead of print, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000229

• • Housh M., Ostfeld A, and Shamir U. (2012). “Optimal multi-year management of a water supply system under uncertainty: robust counterpart approach.” Water Resources Research, Vol. 47, W10515, doi:10.1029/2011WR010596

• • Housh M., Ostfeld A., and Shamir U., (2012), Seasonal multi-year optimal management of quantities and salinities in regional water supply systems, Environmental Modeling and Software, 37, pp. 55-67.

• • Housh M., Ostfeld A., and Shamir U., (2012), An implicit mean-variance approach for optimal management of a water supply system under uncertainty, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 139(6), pp. 634-643.

• • Schuetze N., De Paly M. and Shamir U. (2012), Novel simulation-based algorithms for optimal open-loop and closed-loop scheduling of deficit irrigation systems, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 14.1, pp. 136-151.

• • Housh M., Ostfeld A., and Shamir, U. (2013), Limited multi-stage stochastic programming for managing water supply systems, Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 41, pp. 53-64.

• • Shamir U., Housh M. and Ostfeld A. (2014), Management of Water Systems under Hydrological Uncertainty, 2014 Dooge Nash International Symposium, Dublin, Ireland

• • Avni N., Fishbain, B., and Shamir, U. (2015), Water consumption patterns as a basis for water demand modeling, Water Resources Research, 51(10), pp. 8165–8181, 10.1002/2014WR016662