Harmony Search Algorithm for Optimal Design of Water Supply Networks

Optimization design of water supply pipe network is important with the development of economy and the increasingly fast urbanization process. Harmony search algorithm for the optimal design of water supply networks provides a better nonlinear optimization method. The improved strategy of the dynamic harmony memory size is proposed, through the optimization computation to water supply pipe network, compared with other algorithms, the improved HS algorithm in network optimization design problem has its superiority, its high speed, high efficiency, good convergence, can guarantee the stability of the global search optimization, and can provide the optimal design scheme.