In last two decades, various monitoring systems have been designed and deployed in urban
environments, toward the realization of the so called smart cities. Such systems are based …

Numerous municipalities employ the smart city model in large cities to improve the quality of
life of their residents, utilize local resources efficiently, and save operating expenses. This …

The major challenge in designing wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the support of the
functional, such as data latency, and the non-functional, such as data integrity, requirements …

The problem of deploying sensors in a large water distribution network is considered, in
order to detect the malicious introduction of contaminants. It is shown that a large class of …

We present a model for optimizing the placement of sensors in municipal water networks to
detect maliciously injected contaminants. An optimal sensor configuration minimizes the …

Optimization problems relating to wireless sensor network planning, design, deployment
and operation often give rise to multi-objective optimization formulations where multiple …

We present a mixed-integer programming (MIP) formulation for sensor placement
optimization in municipal water distribution systems that includes the temporal …

Contamination warning systems (CWSs) are a promising approach for the mitigation of
contamination risks in drinking water distribution systems. A critical aspect of the design of a …

The detection of contaminant intrusion into a water-distribution network (WDN) is a difficult
issue due to uncertainty related to the type of injected contaminant, source location, and …

The primary focus of this dissertation is on hierarchical decision problems, a general
problem class that allows incorporation of multiple decision-makers (DMs). A variety of real …