Comparable study of metaheuristic algorithms in path planning

Abstract

Water is the main and the most important human life requirement. for that, governments work to feed population gatherings. So, it is important to take into care the size of water tanks and pipes to achieve the best reliability for the water distribution systems.

In global, the distribution network consumes 60 percent of the all costs of the water distribution system. So for this, we must get the best and the optimum construction of the network as a function of profit to get the best reliability to save a high amount of money.

In recent works, studies depend on the optimization of the network using the reliability of the network by solving the non-linear hydraulic equations which are very difficult and need a long time to get the best result. So, studies head into the reliability of the network to have the best profit at the minimum cost. This model was developed to a full risk management system to prevent any error in the network and give a good management support program.

This study aims to create a model using MATLAB to give the best solution for the water network distribution system which gives the best solution with a minimum cost.