Abstract: The major features of tidal basins, such as tidal flats, tidal channels, intertidal areas, and tidal prisms, can be formulated through empirical relations based on field observations. Although empirical relations can explain ...

Abstract: When designing a water distribution system (WDS), it is imperative that the reliability of the network is taken into consideration. It is possible to directly evaluate the reliability of a WDS, although the calculation ...

Abstract: Governments and firms in developing economies are concerned about ways to improve performance of local firms. A wealth of research has already discussed the reasons for decline in performance and suggested a number of ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new method to identify the near-optimal response to failures in water distribution networks in near real time. The response method is formulated as a two-objective optimization problem with objectives ...

Abstract: About nine million barrels of gasoline are consumed daily by automobile engines. Out of this, roughly 2.25 million barrels are effectively used by the engine to generate power, whereas the rest is wasted due to engine ...