What is it about?
The article reviews the operational optimisation of water distribution systems, particularly optimal pump operation, valve control and system operation for water quality purposes of both urban drinking and regional multiquality water distribution systems. Uniquely, it also contains substantial and thorough information for over one hundred publications in a tabular form, which lists optimisation models inclusive of objectives, constraints, decision variables, solution methodologies used and other details.
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The article provides a systematic review by bringing together over two hundred publications from the past three decades, which are relevant to operational optimisation of water distribution systems. Research challenges in terms of simulation models, optimisation model formulation, selection of optimisation method and postprocessing needs are also identified.
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The article reviews over one hundred publications in a great detail, these publications have been subsequently classified by four main criteria: (i) application area, (ii) optimisation model, (iii) solution methodology and (iv) test network. This classification represents an unique insight into the past three decades´research.
Mrs Helena Mala Jetmarova
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This page is a summary of: Lost in optimisation of water distribution systems? A literature review of system operation, Environmental Modelling & Software, July 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.02.009.
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