This narrative review paper explores the diverse applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in
the field of dam engineering. Authored by research engineers specializing in civil …

Optimisation of water distribution system design is a well-established research field, which
has been extremely productive since the end of the 1980s. Its primary focus is to minimise …

Many optimal decision problems in scientific, engineering, and public sector applications
involve both discrete decisions and nonlinear system dynamics that affect the quality of the …

This paper presents a short history of water resources systems analysis from its beginnings
in the Harvard Water Program, through its continuing evolution toward a general field of …

Shuffled Frog Lea** Algorithm (SFLA) is a meta-heuristic for solving discrete optimization
problems. Here it is applied to determine optimal discrete pipe sizes for new pipe networks …

A technique, based upon the original definition of a “resilience” index to account for the fact
that water distribution networks are designed as “looped systems” in order to increase the …

The paper describes the development of a computer model GANET that involves the
application of an area of evolutionary computing, better known as genetic algorithms, to the …

A simulated annealing-based heuristic has been developed to obtain the least-cost design
of a looped water distribution network. A Newton search method was used to solve the …

The worldwide water supply represents a significant portion of the global energy
consumption. This energy consumption, related to the collection, treatment and …

We propose a practical solution method for real-world instances of a water-network
optimization problem with fixed topology using a nonconvex continuous NLP (NonLinear …