Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm
Due to the high cost of monitoring systems, budget limitations, and high priority given to water quality control in municipal networks, especially for unexpected events, optimum location of monitoring stations has received considerable attention during the last decade. An optimization model needs to...
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Water and Wastewater Consulting Engineers Research Development
2006-09-01
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| description | Due to the high cost of monitoring systems, budget limitations, and high priority given to water quality control in municipal networks, especially for unexpected events, optimum location of monitoring stations has received considerable attention during the last decade. An optimization model needs to be developed for the desirable location of monitoring stations. This research attempts to develop such a model using Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm and tires to verify it through a bench-mark classical example used in previous researches. Selection of ACO as optimizer was fully justified due to discrete decision space and extensive number of binary variables in modeling system. Diversity of the policies derived from ACO may facilitate the process of decision making considering the social, physical, and economical conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51a0b5dda42d43d38418d905000d31092022-12-21T22:24:05ZengWater and Wastewater Consulting Engineers Research Developmentآب و فاضلاب1024-59362383-09052006-09-011732112287Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony AlgorithmAmin Afshar0Reza Maknoon1Abbas Afshar2M.Sc. of Water Resources Management, Amirkabir University of TechnologyAssistant Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of TechnologyProfessor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and TechnologyDue to the high cost of monitoring systems, budget limitations, and high priority given to water quality control in municipal networks, especially for unexpected events, optimum location of monitoring stations has received considerable attention during the last decade. An optimization model needs to be developed for the desirable location of monitoring stations. This research attempts to develop such a model using Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm and tires to verify it through a bench-mark classical example used in previous researches. Selection of ACO as optimizer was fully justified due to discrete decision space and extensive number of binary variables in modeling system. Diversity of the policies derived from ACO may facilitate the process of decision making considering the social, physical, and economical conditions.http://www.wwjournal.ir/article_2287_025c3d2f41ef65d54e9532192e959b59.pdfMonitoring StationWater distribution networkWater QualityAnt colony algorithmoptimization |
| spellingShingle | Amin Afshar Reza Maknoon Abbas Afshar Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm آب و فاضلاب Monitoring Station Water distribution network Water Quality Ant colony algorithm optimization |
| title | Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm |
| title_full | Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm |
| title_fullStr | Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm |
| title_short | Optimum Layout for Water Quality Monitoring Stations through Ant Colony Algorithm |
| title_sort | optimum layout for water quality monitoring stations through ant colony algorithm |
| topic | Monitoring Station Water distribution network Water Quality Ant colony algorithm optimization |
| url | http://www.wwjournal.ir/article_2287_025c3d2f41ef65d54e9532192e959b59.pdf |
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