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On the Complexities of the Design of Water Distribution Networks
Joint Authors
Izquierdo, Joaquín
Pérez-García, Rafael
Montalvo, Idel
Matías, Agustín
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-25, 25 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
25
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Water supply is one of the most recognizable and important public services contributing to quality of life.
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are extremely complex assets.
A number of complex tasks, such as design, planning, operation, maintenance, and management, are inherently associated with such networks.
In this paper, we focus on the design of a WDN, which is a wide and open problem in hydraulic engineering.
This problem is a large-scale combinatorial, nonlinear, nonconvex, multiobjective optimization problem, involving various types of decision variables and many complex implicit constraints.
To handle this problem, we provide a synergetic association between swarm intelligence and multiagent systems where human interaction is also enabled.
This results in a powerful collaborative system for finding solutions to such a complex hydraulic engineering problem.
All the ingredients have been integrated into a software tool that has also been shown to efficiently solve problems from other engineering fields.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Izquierdo, Joaquín& Montalvo, Idel& Pérez-García, Rafael& Matías, Agustín. 2011. On the Complexities of the Design of Water Distribution Networks. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-25.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Izquierdo, Joaquín…[et al.]. On the Complexities of the Design of Water Distribution Networks. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-25.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Izquierdo, Joaquín& Montalvo, Idel& Pérez-García, Rafael& Matías, Agustín. On the Complexities of the Design of Water Distribution Networks. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1029868
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1029868