Multicriteria assessment of optimal design, rehabilitation and upgrading schemes for water distribution networks

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-140

  Tanyimboh, Tiku T ^a   Kalungi, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MWH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Demand management reliability; Design optimisation; Maximum entropy flows; Water distribution system

Indexed keywords

DEMAND MANAGEMENT RELIABILITY; DESIGN OPTIMISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY FLOWS; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PRESENT VALUE; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REAL-WORLD NETWORKS; REPAIR COSTS; SIMPLE METHOD; TIME-DEPENDENT DETERIORATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENTROPY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DESIGN METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70449486937     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600701838626     Document Type: Article

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