Ant colony optimization-based method for managing industrial influents in wastewater systems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3070-3079

  Verdaguer, Marta ^a   Clara, Narcís ^a   Poch, Manel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Industrial wastewater management; Knapsack problem; Multiagent paradigm; Multiple constraints

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO); INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; KNAPSACK PROBLEMS; MULTIAGENT PARADIGM; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SEWAGE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84866029183     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12808     Document Type: Article

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