Multi-agent systems and complex networks: Review and applications in systems engineering

M Herrera, M Pérez-Hernández, A Kumar Parlikad… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Systems engineering is an ubiquitous discipline of Engineering overlap** industrial,
chemical, mechanical, manufacturing, control, software, electrical, and civil engineering. It …

Water network partitioning into district metered areas: A state-of-the-art review

X Khoa Bui, M S. Marlim, D Kang - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
A water distribution network (WDN) is an indispensable element of civil infrastructure that
provides fresh water for domestic use, industrial development, and fire-fighting. However, in …

Automated creation of district metered area boundaries in water distribution systems

K Diao, Y Zhou, W Rauch - Journal of Water Resources Planning …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
Accounting for water in a distribution system can be improved by dividing systems into
smaller, metered zones. This paper proposes an approach that could create boundaries for …

An approach to water supply clusters by semi-supervised learning

M Herrera, S Canu, A Karatzoglou, R Pérez-García… - 2010 - scholarsarchive.byu.edu
The rational distribution of water in a water supply network (WSN) is a complex problem,
especially for systems of large scale. Its complexity is continually increasing from the point of …

Location of buried plastic pipes using multi-agent support based on GPR images

D Ayala-Cabrera, M Herrera, J Izquierdo… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the generation of tools to aid inspection and identify buried plastic
pipes in water supply systems (WSS). In our study we use ground penetrating system (GPR) …

Division of water supply systems into district metered areas using a multi-agent based approach

J Izquierdo, M Herrera, I Montalvo… - Software and Data …, 2011 - Springer
Technical management of large water supply systems (WSS) is an increasingly complex
problem. Water companies managing these systems have witnessed how the mathematical …

Clustering analysis of water distribution systems: identifying critical components and community impacts

K Diao, R Farmani, G Fu, M Astaraie-Imani… - Water Science and …, 2014 - iwaponline.com
Large water distribution systems (WDSs) are networks with both topological and behavioural
complexity. Thereby, it is usually difficult to identify the key features of the properties of the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal design of district metered areas in a water distribution network using coupled self-organizing map and community structure algorithm

XK Bui, MS Marlim, D Kang - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Operation and management of a water distribution network (WDN) by district metered areas
(DMAs) bring many benefits for water utilities, particularly regarding water loss control and …

DMA segmentation and multiobjective optimization for trading off water age, excess pressure, and pump operational cost in water distribution systems

M Zeidan, P Li, A Ostfeld - Journal of Water Resources Planning …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This study presents a heuristic multiobjective approach for segmenting and operating water
distribution systems (WDS). The methodology employs a two-pronged strategy: the first is a …

Coupling compositional data analysis (CoDA) with hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) for preliminary understanding of the dynamics of a complex water distribution …

P Ebrahimi, S Albanese, L Esposito, D Zuzolo… - … : Water Research & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Providing safe tap water has been a global concern. Water scarcity, the ever-increasing
water demand, temporal variation of water consumption, aging urban water infrastructure …