this paper presents a simple methodology for cost estimation of a near optimal heat exchanger network, which comprises mixed materials of construction. intraditional pinch technology and mathematical programming it is usually assumed that all heat exchangers in a network obey a single cost model. this implies that all heat exchangers  in a network are of the same type and use the same materials...

in this paper, a novel approach for multi response optimization is presented. in the proposed approach, response variables in treatments combination occur with a certain probability. moreover, we assume that each treatment has a network style. because of the probabilistic nature of treatment combination, the proposed approach can compute the efficiency of each treatment under the desirable reli...

in this paper, a multi-objective reconfiguration problem has been solved simultaneously by a modified ant colony optimization algorithm. two objective functions, real power loss and energy not supplied index (ens), were utilized. multi-objective modified ant colony optimization algorithm has been generated by adding non-dominated sorting technique and changing the pheromone updating rule of ori...

because of high cost of drilling and analysis of samples, it needs to predict gold and silvers based on pathfinder such as as, sb, cd, pb and zn and decrease the cost and time exploration project implementation. in this paper, the model based on a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (mlp-ann) optimized by invasive weed optimization algorithm (iwo) to predict of gold and silver in za...

handwritten digit recognition can be categorized as a classification problem. probabilistic neural network (pnn) is one of the most effective and useful classifiers, which works based on bayesian rule. in this paper, in order to recognize persian (farsi) handwritten digit recognition, a combination of intelligent clustering method and pnn has been utilized. hoda database, which includes 80000 p...

simultaneous routing and resource allocation has been considered in wireless networks for its performance improvement. in this paper we propose a cross-layer optimization framework for worst-case queue length minimization in some type of fdma based wireless networks, in which the the data routing and the power allocation problem are jointly optimized with fuzzy distributed h∞ control strategy ....

energy costs comprise considerable amount of operation costs in water distribution networks. optimal management of energy costs to provide required water for consumers with desired quality is of high importance. to achieve this, optimization is defined as a powerful tool. in this paper, by focusing on operation phase, multi-objective optimization of water supply network considering hydraulic, q...

life style and life expectancy of inhabitants have been affected by the increase of particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in diameter (pm10) in cities and this is why maximum pm10 concentrations have received extensive attention. an early notice system for pm10 concentrations necessitates an accurate forecasting of the pollutant. in the current study an artificial neural network was used t...

Pipe network layout optimization is an important and difficult problem in pipe network engineering. Differing from the previously proposed approaches for various optimization formulations, the authors use a methodology for pipe network optimization consisting of network layout optimization coupled with pipe sizing analysis. The methodology is based on a novel heuristic optimization algorithm in...