Resources

The Resources section of the Optimatics web site is dedicated to materials and references useful to those people who are are interested in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the water sector. Here you will find papers, links, tips and more on water system optimization

Feature

This month's feature is a Paper presentation by John Mackie from Dunedin City Council on the integrated planning of water, wastewater and stormwater. The paper was presented at the New Zealand Asset Management for Utilities conference at Sky City on 27 Feb 2008.

Other Papers

The following is a collection of additional papers written by other experts in the optimization field:

AuthorsTitle Year
P. Radcliffe
White paper - AI & the water industry 2008
J. Mackie - Dunedin City Council
Strategies for Ageing Infrastructure2008
D. de Vaal, D. Stevens, M. Dawson and E. Mann
Optimisation of Watercare's Treated Water Network Plan 2006
A. R. Simpson, D. C. Sutton, D. S. Keane and S. J. Sherriff

Optimal Control of Pumping at a Water Filtration Plant Using Genetic Algorithms
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1999
L. J. Murphy, G. C. Dandy, A. R. Simpson and J. C. Gransbury
Optimisation of Irrigation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Using Genetic Algorithms1998
L. J. Murphy, A. R. Simpson, J. C. Gransbury and G. C. Dandy
Optimisation of Large-Scale Water Distribution System Design Using Genetic Algorithms1998

 

 

 

 

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