{"id":585,"date":"2021-10-21T19:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/tiaer\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:00:28","slug":"modeling-and-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tiaer\/modeling-and-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Modeling and Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TIAER’s modeling group pioneered the development of integrated economic and environmental computer models for field, watershed, and large regional scale analysis. The group’s economists, agronomists, and agricultural engineers perform a variety of analyses to assist in the design of cost-effective practices for the management of water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Comprehensive Economic and Environmental Optimization Tool (CEEOT) is TIAER’s flagship computer modeling system. CEEOT provides a platform for fully integrated evaluation of single policy and practice scenarios or multiple combinations of such scenarios. CEEOT currently integrates field and watershed-scale economic models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIAER uses its modeling capabilities in a variety of settings. Representative applications in three specific settings are listed below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Environmental:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Development of a macro modeling system for policy assessment of large regions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Development of Nutrient Trading Tool Technical Support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Application of in-stream water quality models (e.g., QUAL-TX, QUAL2E, QUAL2K, and load duration curves) to evaluate the effects of pollutants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Economics:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Evaluation of farm-based anaerobic digestion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Evaluation of the feasibility of centralized dairy parks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Evaluation of alternative tillage systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Applied Research:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Evaluation of the effectiveness of brush control methods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Evaluation of nutrient sources, in-stream nutrient transport dynamics, and in-stream sediment properties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Evaluation of water quality trends including seasonal and flow corrections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Evaluation of land management practice performance at field plot and watershed scales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Evaluation of algal growth potential under nutrient limitation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Development of trophic status relationships for periphyton and macrophyte distribution and abundance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Watershed delineation and spatial data analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n