Author/Authors :
A. Tahershamsi، A. Tahershamsi نويسنده Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, A. Tahershamsi, A. Tahershamsi , R. Sheikholeslami، R. Sheikholeslami نويسنده Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, R. Sheikholeslami, R. Sheikholeslami , A. Kaveh، A. Kaveh نويسنده دانشكده مهندسي دانشگاه علم و صنعت ايران A. Kaveh, A. Kaveh , S. Talatahari، S. Talatahari نويسنده دانشكده مهندسي دانشگاه تبريز S. Talatahari, S. Talatahari
Abstract :
The Big Bang-Big Crunch (BB–BC) method is a relatively new meta-heuristic algorithm
which inspired by one of the theories of the evolution of universe. In the BB–BC optimization
algorithm, firstly random points are produced in the Big Bang phase then these points are
shrunk to a single representative point via a center of mass or minimal cost approach in the
Big Crunch phase. In this paper, the BB–BC algorithm is presented for optimal cost design of
water distribution systems and employed to optimize different types of hydraulic networks
with discrete variables. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method
compared to other algorithms.
