Soto, Ricardo and Crawford, Broderick and Misra, Sanjay and Monfroy, Eric and Palma, Wenceslao and Castro, Carlos and Paredes, Fernando (2014) Constraint Programming for optimal Design of Architectures for water distribution tanks and Reservoirs: A case Study. Original scientific paper. pp. 99-105. ISSN 1330-3651(Print), ISSN 1848-6339 (Online)
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Abstract
A water distribution system is an essential component of any urban infrastructure system. Its design is commonly a hard task mainly due to the presence of several complex interrelated parameters. Among others, some parameters to study are the water demand, pressure requirements, topography, location of resources, system reliability, and energy uses. In this paper, we focus on a real case of water distribution system in order to minimize installation costs by satisfying the given system requirements. We solve the problem by using state-of-the-art Constraint Programming techniques combined with Interval Analysis for rigorously handling continuous decision variables. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach, where the global optimum is reached in all instances and in reasonable runtime.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | constraint programming, optimization, water distribution |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2014 20:10 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2014 20:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/2229 |
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