Optimal location of water quality sensors in supply systems by multiobjective genetic algorithms
Emplacement optimal multiobjectif de détecteur pour la qualité de l'eau dans des systèmes d'alimentation par Algorithmes génétiques
Résumé
A sampling design method that seeks chlorine sampling locations using a multiobjective optimization framework is proposed here. The design problem is formulated as a three- and two-objective optimization where the parameter estimation accuracy (F1) is maximized, the the number of sensors is minimized (F2) and the weighted nodal sensitivity is maximized (F3). Trade-off curves are generated using the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm. The methodology is applied on a real network problem that permits to show a strong relation between F2 and F3 objective functions. Moreover, it is shown that the Pareto front between F1 and F3 is better performed than F1 and F2 trade-off. In addition, the use of F3 objective function trends to spread sensors in entire network.