Publications

Smith, J.D., Quinn, J.D., & Band, L.E. (Accepted). Comparing robust optimization approaches for addressing hydrologic model uncertainty in infrastructure planning: A green infrastructure example. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1061/JWRMD5/WRENG-6729.

Hadjimichael, A., Reed, P.M., Quinn, J.D., Vernon, C.R. & Thurber, T. (2024). Scenario storyline discovery for planning in multi-actor human-natural systems confronting change. Earth’s Future, 12(9), e2023EF004252.

Jordan, S.M., Quinn, J.D., Zaniolo, M., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2024). Dam reoperation to mitigate changing climate extremes in the Omo River Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, 150(11), 05024012.

Singh, S., Quinn, J.D., Kern, J., Cuppari, R. & Characklis, G. (2024). Exploring the benefits of integrated energy-water management in reducing economic and environmental tradeoffs. Environmental Research: Energy, 1(3), 035010.

Debaere P., Li, T., Fox, S., Bennett, K., Block, P., Hietpas, K., Mekonnen, M., Quinn, J.D., Richter, B., Sharma, S., Singh, S. (2024). Closing Loopholes in Water Rights Systems to Save Water: The Colorado River Basin. Water Resources Research, 60(8), e2023WR036667.

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Kavianihamedani, H., Quinn, J.D., & Smith, J.D. (2024). New Diagnostic Assessment of MCMC Algorithm Effectiveness, Efficiency, Reliability, and Controllability. IEEE Access, 12, 42385-43400.

Quinn, J.D., Reed, P.M., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2024). Average domination: A new multi-objective value metric applied to assess the benefits of forecasts in reservoir operations under different flood design levels. Advances in Water Resources, 185, 104638.

Chen, A.B., Goodall, J.L., & Quinn, J.D. (2023). Exploring the relationship between flood insurance claims, crowdsourced rainfall, and tide levels for coastal urban communities: Case study for the mid-Atlantic United States. Journal of Hydrology, 625, 130123.

Herbst, R.S., Culver, T.B., Band, L.E., Wilson, B, & Quinn, J.D. (2023). Integrating Social Equity into Multiobjective Optimization of Urban Stormwater Low-Impact Development. Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, 149(8), 04023038.

Shi, R. Hobbs, B.F., Quinn, J.D., Lempert, R., & Knopman, D. (2023). City-Heat Equity Adaptation Tool (City-HEAT): Multi-objective optimization of environmental modifications and human exposure reductions for urban heat adaptation under uncertainty. Environmental Modelling & Software, 105607.

Jordan, S.M., Quinn, J.D., Zaniolo, M., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2022). Advancing reservoir operations modelling in SWAT to reduce socio-ecological tradeoffs. Environmental Modelling & Software, 105527.

Srikrishnan, V., Lafferty, D.C., Wong, T.E., Lamontagne, J.R., Quinn, J.D., Sharma, S., Molla, N.J., Herman, J.D., Sriver, R.L., Morris, J.F., & Lee, B.S. (2022). Uncertainty Analysis in Multi-Sector Systems: Considerations for Risk Analysis, Projection, and Planning for Complex Systems. Earth’s Future, 10, e2021EF002644.

Smith, J.D., Lin, L., Quinn, J.D., & Band, L.E. (2022). Guidance on evaluating parametric model uncertainty at decision-relevant scales. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 2519-2539.

Fletcher, S., Hadjimichael, A., Quinn, J.D., Osman, K., Giuliani, M., Gold, D., Jain Figueroa, A., & Gordon, B. (2022). Equity in Water Resources Planning: A Path Forward for Decision Support Modelers. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(7), 02522005.

Editor’s Choice Award
2024 Best Policy-Oriented Paper Award

McCullough, E.B., Quinn, J. D., & Simons, A.M. (2022). Profitability of climate-smart soil fertility investment varies widely across sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Food, 3, 275-285.

Jenkins, W., Rosa, L., Schmidt, J., Band, L., Beltran-Pena, A., Clarens, A., Doney, S., Emanuel, R., Glassie, A., Quinn, J.D., Cristina Rulli, M., Shobe, W., Szeptycki, L. & D’Odorico, P. (2021). Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights. Bioscience.

Marangoni, G., Lamontagne, J. R., Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., & Keller, K. (2021). Adaptive mitigation strategies hedge against extreme climate futures. Climatic Change, 166(3), 1-17.

Doering, K., Quinn, J.D., Reed, P. M., & Steinschneider, S. (2021). Diagnosing the Time-Varying Value of Forecasts in Multiobjective Reservoir Control. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(7), 04021031.

Editor’s Choice Award

Hadjimichael, A., Quinn, J.D., & Reed, P. (2020). Advancing diagnostic model evaluation to better understand water shortage mechanisms in institutionally complex river basins. Water Resources Research, 56(10), e2020WR028079.

Quinn, J. D., Hadjimichael, A., Reed, P. M., & Steinschneider, S. (2020). Can exploratory modeling of water scarcity vulnerabilities and robustness be scenario neutral?. Earth’s Future, 8(11), e2020EF001650.

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Hadjimichael, A., Quinn, J.D., Wilson, E., Reed, P., Basdekas, L., Yates, D., & Garrison, M. (2020). Defining robustness, vulnerabilities, and consequential scenarios for diverse stakeholder interests in institutionally complex river basins. Earth’s Future, 8(7), e2020EF001503.

Hadjimichael, A., Reed, P. M., & Quinn, J. D. (2020). Navigating deeply uncertain tradeoffs in harvested predator-prey systems. Complexity, 2020.

Herman, J. D., Quinn, J. D., Steinschneider, S., Giuliani, M., & Fletcher, S. (2020). Climate adaptation as a control problem: Review and perspectives on dynamic water resources planning under uncertainty. Water Resources Research, 56(2), e24389.

Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2019). What is controlling our control rules? Opening the black box of multireservoir operating policies using time‐varying sensitivity analysis. Water Resources Research, 55(7), 5962-5984.

Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., Giuliani, M., Castelletti, A., Oyler, J. W., & Nicholas, R. E. (2018). Exploring how changing monsoonal dynamics and human pressures challenge multireservoir management for flood protection, hydropower production, and agricultural water supply. Water Resources Research, 54(7), 4638-4662.

Giuliani, M., Quinn, J. D., Herman, J. D., Castelletti, A., & Reed, P. M. (2018). Scalable multiobjective control for large-scale water resources systems under uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 26(4), 1492-1499.

Singh, R., Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., & Keller, K. (2018). Skill (or lack thereof) of data-model fusion techniques to provide an early warning signal for an approaching tipping point. PloS one, 13(2), e0191768.

Zatarain Salazar, J., Reed, P. M., Quinn, J. D., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2017). Balancing exploration, uncertainty and computational demands in many objective reservoir optimization. Advances in water resources, 109, 196-210.

Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., Giuliani, M., & Castelletti, A. (2017). Rival framings: A framework for discovering how problem formulation uncertainties shape risk management trade‐offs in water resources systems. Water Resources Research, 53(8), 7208-7233.

Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., & Keller, K. (2017). Direct policy search for robust multi-objective management of deeply uncertain socio-ecological tipping points. Environmental Modelling & Software, 92, 125-141.