State of the Art Review of Ant Colony Optimization Applications in Water Resource Management

State of the Art Review of Ant Colony Optimization Applications in Water Resource Management

Among the emerged metaheuristic optimization techniques, ant colony optimization (ACO) has received considerable attentions in water resources and environmental planning and management during last decade. Different versions of ACO have proved to be flexible and powerful in solving number of spatiall...

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Published in:Water resources management Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 3891 - 3904
Main Authors: Afshar, Abbas, Massoumi, Fariborz, Afshar, Amin, Mariño, Miquel A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-09-2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Algorithms
Ant colony optimization
Atmospheric Sciences
Civil Engineering
Construction
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environment
Environment management
Environmental impact
Environmental management
Environmental planning
Formicidae
Freshwater
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Groundwater management
Heuristic
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
Optimization
Optimization techniques
Pheromones
Probability distribution
Reservoir operation
Sewer systems
Studies
Surface water
Trails
Urban drainage
Water distribution
Water distribution systems
Water resources
Water resources management
Watershed management
Watersheds
Ant colony optimization
Water management
Review
Algorithm
ACO
Water resources
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Summary:Among the emerged metaheuristic optimization techniques, ant colony optimization (ACO) has received considerable attentions in water resources and environmental planning and management during last decade. Different versions of ACO have proved to be flexible and powerful in solving number of spatially and temporally complex water resources problems in discrete and continuous domains with single and/or multiple objectives. Reviewing large number of peer reviewed journal papers and few valuable conference papers, we intend to touch the characteristics of ant algorithms and critically review their state-of- the-art applications in water resources and environmental management problems, both in discrete and continuous domains. The paper seeks to promote Opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of the algorithm as applied to different areas of water resources problems both in research and practice. It also intends to identify and present the major and seminal contributions of ant algorithms and their findings in organized areas of reservoir operation and surface water management , water distribution systems, urban drainage and sewer systems, groundwater managements, environmental and watershed management. Current trends and challenges in ACO algorithms are discussed and called for increased attempts to carry out convergence analysis as an active area of interest.
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ISSN:0920-4741
1573-1650
DOI:10.1007/s11269-015-1016-9