Cloud-based decision making in water distribution systems

The evolution of technologies of informatics and telecommunications has improved significantly the way water distribution systems can be managed. The use of quasi real-time information is becoming a desired standard in many water utilities. Nevertheless, tools for water distribution system analysis and for supporting decision making havent been integrated with the same speed. This research uses cloud computing capabilities for supporting analysis and decision making in water distribution systems. It includes the development of evolutionary algorithms ready to run in a cloud environment for searching the best possible decisions considering a set of objectives. The evaluation of solutions profits from the scalability of the cloud for making faster the solution search process.

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