Abstract
AbstractOptimal design of water distribution networks (WDN) involves an evaluation of both consumers’ pressure benefits and investors’ economic objectives. The aforementioned objectives often conflict, so finding the optimal solution for one of those objectives reduces the other objective’s utility. In such situations, there are many nondominated solutions, each solution denoting an alternative that cannot be preferred over another in terms of both objectives. Thus, an appropriate alternative to fulfill both objectives and satisfy decision makers’ criteria and meet the design purposes within a desirable range necessitates the use of bargaining models that are called conflict-resolution models. This paper considers two urban WDN optimization design problems having different objectives, including initial costs and hydraulic performance improvement of the network by satisfying given hydraulic constraints. First, a set of alternatives are drawn out by a fast messy genetic algorithm (FMGA), then the appropriat...
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
