Automated Creation of District Metered Area Boundaries in Water Distribution Systems

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dc.cclicenceN/Aen
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Kegongen
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorRauch, W.en
dc.date.acceptance2012-04-03en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-02T10:38:33Z
dc.date.available2016-08-02T10:38:33Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-03
dc.description-A patent has been authorized for the method developed. -Dr Tom Walski, a top expert in the water industry, has given positive feedback. -Two project proposals have been submitted in collaboration with leading companies. -Dr. Diao has been invited by Severn Trent Water, Shenzhen Water Utility, and Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute to present the method and discuss possible collaborations.en
dc.description.abstractAccounting for water in a distribution system can be improved by dividing systems into smaller, metered zones. This paper proposes an approach that could create boundaries for district metered areas (DMA) automatically on the basis of the community structure of water distribution systems. Community structure—the gathering of vertices into communities such that there is a higher density of edges within communities than between them—is a common property of many complex systems. For verification, the method was tested on a real-world distribution system, and the result was compared with a manually designed DMA layout. Although further improvements are necessary, because the achieved community structure is in excellent agreement with the zoning plan in reality, this approach is a new addition to the number of automated methods aimed at complementing and eventually substituting the empirical trial-and-error approach.en
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dc.identifier.citationDiao, K., Zhou, Y. and Rauch, W. (2012) Automated Creation of District Metered Area Boundaries in Water Distribution Systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 139 (2), pp. 184-190en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000247
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/12412
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherASCEen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)en
dc.subjectWater distribution systemen
dc.subjectDistrict metered areaen
dc.subjectCommunity structureen
dc.subjectDecomposition theoremsen
dc.subjectZoningen
dc.titleAutomated Creation of District Metered Area Boundaries in Water Distribution Systemsen
dc.typeArticleen

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