Multi-objective Pareto-optimal control: an application to wastewater management

  • Authors:
  • L. J. Alvarez-Vázquez;N. García-Chan;A. Martínez;M. E. Vázquez-Méndez

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento Matemática Aplicada II, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain 36310;Departamento Matemática Aplicada, EPS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain 27002;Departamento Matemática Aplicada II, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain 36310;Departamento Matemática Aplicada, EPS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain 27002

  • Venue:
  • Computational Optimization and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This work treats, within a multi-objective framework, of an economical-ecological problem related to the optimal management of a wastewater treatment system consisting of several purifying plants. The problem is formulated as a multi-objective parabolic optimal control problem and it is studied from a cooperative point of view, looking for Pareto-optimal solutions. The weighting method is used here to characterize the Pareto solutions of our problem. To obtain them, a numerical algorithm--based in a characteristics-Galerkin discretization--is proposed and numerical results for a real world situation in the estuary of Vigo (NW Spain) are also presented.