Optimal sensor placement for leak location in water distribution networks using evolutionary algorithms

In this paper, a sensor placement approach to improve the leak location in water distribution networks is proposed when the leak signature space (LSS) method is used. The sensor placement problem is formulated as an integer optimization problem where the criterion to be minimized is the number of ov...

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Autores: Casillas, Myrna V., Garza Castañón, Luís Eduardo, Puig Cayuela, Vicenç|||0000-0002-6364-6429
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/83085
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/83085
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w7116496
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Water-supply -- Automatic control
water distribution networks
leak isolation
sensor placement
leak signature space
PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION
PIPE NETWORKS
DESIGN
METHODOLOGY
Aigua -- Abastament -- Control automàtic
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil
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Sumario:In this paper, a sensor placement approach to improve the leak location in water distribution networks is proposed when the leak signature space (LSS) method is used. The sensor placement problem is formulated as an integer optimization problem where the criterion to be minimized is the number of overlapping signature domains computed from the original LSS representation. First, a semi-exhaustive search approach based on a lazy evaluation mechanism ensures optimal placement in the case of low complexity scenarios. For more complex cases, a stochastic optimization process is proposed, based on either the genetic algorithms (GAs) or particle swarm optimization (PSO). Experiments on two different networks are used to evaluate the performance of the resolution methods, as well as the efficiency achieved in the leak location when using the sensor placement results.