… The methodology proposed in this work is based on reducing the search space by … Both
have been extensively used to test different water distribution design optimization algorithms, but …

… , optimal design of water distribution networks (WDNs) is considered as one of the most
complex optimization … The proposed ICSA can reduce the iteration for searching space using …

… design of water distribution networks (WDNs). There is evidence in the literature that search
space reduction is highly effective. However, practical methods that do not introduce extra …

… Since an appropriate design can reduce the total cost of a … of optimization techniques for
minimizing the cost design of WDSs… be selected; thus the problem search space consists of 14 8 …

… are used for water distribution network (WDN) design optimization. Entropy is … methods
based on the maximum entropy formalism for the optimization of water distribution systems…

… methodology that reduces the solution space during the design optimization of water
distribution systems … The reason for reducing the solution space is to increase the computational …

… algorithms to have difficulties finding solutions close to the global optimum. In this work,
the reduction in size of the search space of a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is …

… The reduction of the search space is the main approach of … A new hybrid GA-LP approach
using a genetic algorithm and … the least-cost design of a water distribution system. It is built on …

… to water distribution systems too. Motivated by the compelling need to improve the efficiency
and reduce the … , work by repeatedly sampling the search space. They are guided by the …

… The methodology proposed in this work is based on reducing the search space by … Both
have been extensively used to test different water distribution design optimization algorithms, but …