Design optimization of sewer system using particle swarm optimization

Abstract

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique with new modification is applied in this paper for optimally determine the sewer network component sizes of a predetermined layout. This PSO technique is used for dealing with both discrete and continuous variables as requisite by this problem. A live example of a sewer network is considered to show the algorithm performance, and the results are presented. The results show the capability of the proposed technique for optimally solving the problems of sewer networks.