Introduction
Insight is eWater’s multiple-objective optimisation decision support framework. This framework allows for more efficient evaluation of planning options than the traditional manual trial and error approach that is often use. The optimisation tool enables a more thorough examination of potential planning scenarios and the resulting trade-offs between desired outcomes.
Insight allows you to define which parameters (called decision variables) must be considered in the optimisation framework. Decisions variables and can be thought of as management levers that can be pulled to affect the outcome. For example, you may be unsure of what the operating rules for a new desalination plant should be used to meet the objective of minimising cost, or what the optimal operating rules are for transferring water between storages to meet supply security objectives and minimising environmental impacts. By creating decision variables for these operating rules, the optimiser will try hundreds or thousands of different operating rules based on these decision variables and determine how the rules perform against a set of specified objectives.
Configuring Insight
Pre-requisites for installing Insight
- Latest installed version of Source;
- Microsoft .NET framework v4 (or higher); and
- Microsoft C++ 2010 x86 redistributable package
Running a project in Insight