@conference {17630,
	title = {Networking lessons: From computers to water},
	booktitle = {2012 Fourth International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS)},
	year = {2012},
	month = {2012/01/03/7},
	pages = {1 - 6},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	abstract = {As an instance of using IT to green non-IT domains, we consider the question whether lessons from computer networking can be applied in water distribution networks to improve their energy footprint and/or efficiency. Our contributions in this work are: (i) we identify several areas where principles from computer networking can be used to better water distribution; (ii) we focus on a specific infrastructure enhancement problem caused by increasing demands on a water utility network and present solutions (similar to those used in computer networks) that optimize both operational expenditure and total cost of ownership. We validate our solutions through simulations and compare their efficacy against techniques that are traditionally used in enhancing water networks. Our results show that lessons from computer networks can help in enhancing water networks.},
	keywords = {Biological cells, computer networking, Computer networks, COMPUTERS, energy footprint, Genetic algorithms, green nonIT domains, infrastructure enhancement problem, Internet, network theory (graphs), networking lessons, planning, pricing, water distribution networks, water supply, water utility network},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-0296-8},
	doi = {10.1109/COMSNETS.2012.6151373},
	author = {Narayanan,I. and Sarangan,V. and Vasan, A. and Srinivasan, Aravind and Sivasubramaniam,A.}
}
