Abstract: CANARY, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), is a freeware designed for contamination events detection in water distribution systems. CANARY has several imbedded statistical methods for analyzing ...

Abstract: Pump scheduling is a key element in water distribution systems operation. Modeling this problem requires a mixed integer nonlinear program (MINLP) formulation. Even linearization schemes of mixed integer linear programs ...

Abstract: In water distribution systems, pumps are used for supplying water from low points to elevated tanks that supply the network’s demands. The pumps are operated in different ways that could be distinguished by the complexity ...

Abstract: Water distribution systems (WDSs) are critical infrastructures that supply drinking water from water sources to end-users. Smart WDSs could be designed by integrating physical components (e.g., valve and pumps) with ...

Abstract: As infrastructure systems become more interconnected and interdependent, the function of one system influences the function of other related systems, which increases their vulnerability to cascading failures. Therefore, ...

Abstract: This study examines the impact of weekly and seasonal weather forecasts on the optimal irrigation scheduling problem. We compare stochastic and deterministic simulation-optimization frameworks for irrigation scheduling ...

Abstract: This study addresses the management of a water supply system under uncertainty. Water is taken from sources that include aquifers and desalination plants and conveyed through a distribution system to consumers under ...

Abstract: This study introduces a new search method for box-constrained optimization problems called the search method for box optimization (SMBO). SMBO is a population heuristic-based search methodology that solves global optimization ...