MAGALAN is a global gas market model developed in 2005 that provided forecasts until 2030 for gas production, international trade and other relevant parameters. As investors, policy makers and also researchers have a need of reliable model results, models should be faced with reality from time...

Using a structured design methodology, we develop an eXcient iterated local search metaheuristic for the water distribution network design optimisation problem. The algorithm outperforms existing algorithms in the literature while being considerably less complex. Our approach is — contrary to...

European gas markets are experiencing fundamental change due to decrease in domestic production, increase in demand and liberalisation efforts of the European Union. Germany represents the biggest single market in Continental Europe and is also a major transit country for gas. Gas market...