Evolutionary algorithms and other metaheuristics in water resources: Current status, research challenges and future directions

HR Maier, Z Kapelan, J Kasprzyk, J Kollat… - … Modelling & Software, 2014 - Elsevier
The development and application of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) and other metaheuristics
for the optimisation of water resources systems has been an active research field for over …

Evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence methods, and their applications in water resources engineering: a state-of-the-art review

M Janga Reddy, D Nagesh Kumar - h2oj, 2020 - iwaponline.com
During the last three decades, the water resources engineering field has received a
tremendous increase in the development and use of meta-heuristic algorithms like …

ParEGO: A hybrid algorithm with on-line landscape approximation for expensive multiobjective optimization problems

J Knowles - IEEE transactions on evolutionary computation, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper concerns multiobjective optimization in scenarios where each solution evaluation
is financially and/or temporally expensive. We make use of nine relatively low-dimensional …

Two-objective design of benchmark problems of a water distribution system via MOEAs: Towards the best-known approximation of the true Pareto front

Q Wang, M Guidolin, D Savic… - Journal of Water …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Various multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have been applied to solve the
optimal design problems of a water distribution system (WDS). Such methods are able to …

Efficiency achievement in water supply systems—A review

B Coelho, A Andrade-Campos - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The worldwide water supply represents a significant portion of the global energy
consumption. This energy consumption, related to the collection, treatment and …

Optimal location and control of pressure reducing valves in water networks

M Nicolini, L Zovatto - Journal of water resources planning and …, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
This paper addresses the problem of optimal pressure management in water distribution
systems through the introduction and regulation of pressure reducing valves. Reduction in …

A diversified multiobjective GA for optimizing reservoir rule curves

L Chen, J McPhee, WWG Yeh - Advances in Water Resources, 2007 - Elsevier
The paper develops an efficient macro-evolutionary multiobjective genetic algorithm
(MMGA) for optimizing the rule curves of a multi-purpose reservoir system in Taiwan. Macro …

Economic analysis of rehabilitation approaches for water distribution networks: Comparative study between Egypt and Malaysia

AM Farouk, RA Rahman, NS Romali - Journal of Engineering, Design …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Sustainable water management has been a trending goal in the past decade. Non-
revenue water (NRW) is one form of water loss that should be addressed to reach water …

Water–energy nexus for water distribution systems: A literature review

MN Sharif, H Haider, A Farahat… - Environmental …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Water and energy are interdependent on each other. Energy is required to supply water to a
system while, at the same time, water is needed for power generation in any natural or …

Solving management problems in water distribution networks: A survey of approaches and mathematical models

O Bello, AM Abu-Mahfouz, Y Hamam, PR Page… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Modern water distribution networks (WDNs) are complex and difficult to manage due to
increased level of urbanization, varying consumer demands, ageing infrastructure …