Modelling sewer failure by evolutionary computing

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Savic, Dragan ^a   Giustolisi, Orazio ^b   Berardi, Luigi ^b   Shepherd, Will ^c   Djordjevic, Slobodan ^a   Saul, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failures; Mathematical modelling; Seers drains

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLLAPSE FAILURES; FAILURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEERS & DRAINS;

SEWERS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEWER NETWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744806949     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2006.159.2.111     Document Type: Article

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