can be extended to the comprehensive evaluation and optimization of other irrigation systems. Copyright Springer Science …The technical and socioeconomic evaluation of small-scale sprinkler irrigation systems is a multi-criteria problem …. An evaluation model with ten sub-criteria under four groups, namely, technical, economic, environmental and social, was …

Optimization-Simulation with Sediment Evacuation (ROSSE) model is a recently developed tool which internalizes sediment evacuation … routines and the simulation module in a newly developed GA-based optimization module. This article applies the ROSSE model with … and availability of economic and hydro based objective functions in the optimization model will help achieving the goal of …

This paper presents cross entropy (CE) optimization for optimal design of water distribution networks (WDN) under … meeting the demands. To achieve these goals, an optimization model is formulated for design of WDNs with an objective of … uncertain demands. The methodology is applied to two WDNs, and optimization models are solved through cross entropy optimization …

management models. These combined models, via simulation and optimization algorithms, result in one optimal solution through …

An optimization procedure has been developed for branching storm and sanitary sewer systems with a pre … the optimization procedure. The total cost of the storm sewer system that was obtained with this optimal design procedure … an extra step and implementing an optimization technique during the design phase. Use of Excel should enhance the …