Accepted Manuscript A Novel Generic Optimization Method for Irrigation Scheduling under Multiple Objectives and Multiple Hierarchical Layers in a Canal Network Dilini Delgoda, Hector Malano, Syed K. Saleem, Malka N. Halgamuge PII: S0309-1708(17)30444-X DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.025 Reference: ADWR 2840 To appear in: Advances in Water Resources Received date: 13 February 2016 Revised date: 24 November 2016 Accepted date: 28 April 2017 Please cite this article as: Dilini Delgoda, Hector Malano, Syed K. Saleem, Malka N. Halgamuge, A Novel Generic Optimization Method for Irrigation Scheduling under Multiple Objectives and Multiple Hierarchical Layers in a Canal Network, Advances in Water Resources (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.025 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.