Genetic Algorithms for Optimal Operation of Soil Aquifer Treatment systems

摘要

The genetic algorithm (GA) is a nonconventional search technique with is patterned after the biological processes of natural selection and evolution. It has the ability to search large and complex decision spaces and handle nonconvexities. In this paper, the genetic algorithm is investi- gated and applied to solve the optimal operation problem of soil aquifer treatment (SAT) systems. This problem involves finding optimal water application time and drying time which maximize infil- tration for a predetermined starting influent rate of waste water and subject to various physical and Operational constraints.