Carreño-Alvarado, Elizabeth P.; Reynoso-Meza, Gilberto; Montalvo, Idel; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín(International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017-07-05)
[EN] Leak detection and isolation (LDI) is a problem of interest for water management companies
and their technical staff. Main reasons for this are that early detection of leakages can reduce
dramatically (1) water ...
[EN] Water distribution system monitoring is currently carried out using advanced real-time control technologies to achieve a higher operational efficiency. Data analysis techniques can be implemented for condition estimation, ...
A novel methodology to sectorize water supply networks (WSNs) depending on a main transmission
line is presented in this paper. The methodology is based on concepts derived from the social
network theory and graph theory ...
Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Campbell, E.; Pérez García, Rafael(Taylor & Francis: STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles, 2015-11-19)
Selecting the most appropriate heuristic for solving a specific problem is not easy, for many reasons. This article focuses on one of these reasons: traditionally, the solution search process has operated in a given manner ...
[EN] The core idea behind sectorization of water supply networks (WSNs) is to establish areas partially isolated from the rest of the network to improve operational control. Besides the benefits associated to sectorization, ...
Taormina, R.; Galelli, S.; Tippenhauer, N. O.; Salomons, E.; Ostfeld, A.; Eliades, D. G.; Aghashahi, M.; Sundararajan, R.; Pourahmadi, M.; Banks, M. K.; Brentan, Bruno M.; Campbell-Gonzalez, Enrique; Lima, G.; Manzi, D.; Ayala Cabrera, David; Herrera Fernández, Antonio Manuel; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)
[EN] The BATtle of the Attack Detection ALgorithms (BATADAL) is the most recent competition on planning and management of
water networks undertaken within the Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium. The goal of the ...
The evolution of technologies of informatics and telecommunications has improved significantly the way water distribution systems can be managed. The use of quasi real-time information is becoming a desired standard in ...
[EN] Digitalization in water networks is essential for the future planning of urban development processes in cities and is one of the great challenges faced by small cities regarding water management and the advancement ...
Montalvo Arango, Idel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-03-02)
La necesidad de hacer eficientes y económicamente viables las grandes inversiones relacionadas con la construcción y el mantenimiento de las redes de abastecimiento de agua, hace que se preste especial atención al diseño ...
Montalvo Arango, Idel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-11-02)
En esta investigación se proponen soluciones para el diseño óptimo de SDA basadas en el empleo de un algoritmo evolutivo conocido como Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). El diseño de dos ejemplos de benchmarking clásicos ...
Mathematical modeling of water distribution networks makes use of simplifications aimed to optimize the development and use of the mathematical models involved. Simplified models are used systematically by water utilities, ...
Francés-Chust, Jorge; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín; Herrera Fernández, Antonio Manuel(International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017-07-05)
[EN] Metering is an essential activity in Water Distribution Systems. Not only the
utility revenue clearly is proportional to the metered values, but also the evaluation of the
performance of the network relies on it. Both ...
The flexibility introduced by evolutionary algorithms (EAs) has allowed the use of virtually arbitrary objective functions and constraints even when evaluations require, as for real-world problems, running complex mathematical ...
Roig, José V.; García Armengol, Juan; García Fadrique, Alfonso; Herrera Fernández, Antonio Manuel; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín(2011-02)
[EN] Complex data analysis methods require optimisation techniques such as evolutionary
algorithms in order to generate reliable results.
The objective of this study is to analyse the relationships of particular perioperative ...
[EN] Data mining solutions can be applied in combination with evolutionary algorithms to extract relevant information from solution spaces analyzed during optimization processes regarding water distribution system (WDS) ...
[EN] The division of a water supply network (WSN) into isolated supply clusters aims at improving the management
of the whole system. This paper deals with the application of spectral clustering to achieve this
aim. A ...
Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Pérez García, Rafael; Ayala Cabrera, David(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015-12-14)
Computational modeling pervades virtually every industrial process. By using numerical representations of the behavior of elements that constitute a system it is possible to obtain efficient and safe designs. Moreover, ...
Carpitella, Silvia; Brentan, B. M.; Montalvo Arango, Idel; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín; Certa, A.(IWA Publishing, 2019-08-13)
[EN] This work presents a multi-criteria-based approach to automatically select specific non-dominated solutions from a Pareto front previously obtained using multi-objective optimization to find optimal solutions for pump ...
Water supply is one of the most recognizable and important public services contributing to
quality of life. Water distribution networks WDNs are extremely complex assets. A number of
complex tasks, such as design, ...