Genetic Algorithm Based Combinatorial Optimization for the Optimal Design of Water Distribution Network of Gurudeniya Service Zone, Sri Lanka

Abstract

This paper brings an in-detail Genetic Algorithm (GA) based combinatorial optimization method used for the optimal design of the water distribution network (WDN) of Gurudeniya Service Zone, Sri Lanka. GAmimics the survival of the fittest principle of nature to develop a search process. Methodology employs fuzzy combinations of pipe diameters to check their suitability to be considered as the cost-effective optimal design solutions. Furthermore, the hydraulic constraints were implicitly evaluated within the GA itself in its aim for reaching the global optimum solution. Upon analysis, the results of GA approach delivered satisfactory design outputs.