Technology
Technology
The Centre for Water Systems is actively researching in many fields including techniques taken from the field of artificial intelligence such as genetic algorithms, cellular automata, neural networks, genetic programming etc... We are continually looking for new ways to apply these techniques to more and more complex problems in the water industry including:
Many problems in the water industry are too complex to process by using normal computing methods. For instance in a pipe replacement problem, if there are 10 pipes in a network and 5 possible sizes that each pipe could take, there are 510 or 9,765,625 possible combinations that need to be searched to guarantee the best answer. If every time a new combination is tested, it takes 1/10th of a second to evaluate the new set of pipes, it would still take over 11 days to find the best answer. So when networks exist that have 1000+ pipes and 20+ diameters, we need to look at other ways of searching through the space. In our experience, evolutionary techniques (such as genetic algorithms) offer the best trade-off between speed and search capability. Where can I learn more? We have developed some more in-depth guides to the research undertaken at the Centre, please click on the following links for more information. Also, for information relating to specific applications, please see our publications and projects sections. |
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