Optimum Design of Water Distribution Networks Utilizing Optimization Krill Herd Algorithm

An effective way to achieve an economic design of water distribution networks (WDNs) is to utilize the metaheuristic optimization algorithms which profited by swarm intelligence. In this research, Krill Herd (KH) Optimization algorithm was applied to obtain the optimum design of water distribution networks (WDNs). For this purpose, KH algorithm was linked with EPANET hydraulic software (Rossman 2000) in MATLAB. The capital cost was considered as the objective function in Kadu and Khorramshahr WDNs herein. The obtained optimum design cost for two WDNs were compared with the solutions published using other approaches.