Flexible design of urban water distribution networks

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4225-4236

  Huang, Danguang ^a   Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy ^a   Tsegaye, Seneshaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Optimization; Urban areas; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

COSTS AND BENEFITS; DEMAND PROJECTION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EXPECTED VALUES; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; FLEXIBLE SYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; SCENARIO TREE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATERS; WATER NETWORKS; WATER SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955010431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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