[general]
name=Pipe Network Optimiser
qgisMinimumVersion=3.22
description=Least-cost pipe sizing for water networks (EPANET models): exact MILP for branched mains, memetic GA with spanning-tree seeding for looped networks, multiple demand and fire-flow scenarios, Pareto trade-off, BOQ, report and optimised .inp export.
about=Designs the cheapest set of pipe diameters that still meets pressure, velocity and head-loss limits in every loading scenario. Reads and writes EPANET .inp models, works on QGIS layers, and includes its own steady-state hydraulic solver (EPANET 2.2 conventions), so no external simulator is needed. Branched (tree) networks are solved to a proven global optimum with mixed-integer linear programming; looped networks use a memetic genetic algorithm seeded with spanning-tree MILP designs and refined by iterated local search.
version=1.5.7
author=Himanshu Khanve
email=hgkhanve@gmail.com
tracker=https://github.com/HimanshuKhanve/pipe-network-optimiser/issues
repository=https://github.com/HimanshuKhanve/pipe-network-optimiser
homepage=https://github.com/HimanshuKhanve/pipe-network-optimiser
category=Plugins
icon=icon.png
experimental=False
deprecated=False
tags=water,hydraulics,epanet,optimisation,pipe,network,design,water supply,irrigation
