An agent-based approach for generating virtual sewer systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1090-1097

  Urich, C ^a   Sitzenfrei, R ^a   Moderl M ^a   Rauch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Urban drainage; Virtual infrastructure benchmarking (VIBe); Virtual sewer systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; ALPINE REGIONS; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; DATA SETS; ELEVATION MAPS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWER NETWORKS; SEWER SYSTEM; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN STRUCTURE; VIRTUAL CITIES; VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES; VIRTUAL SEWER SYSTEMS; WELL-ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

COMBINED SEWERS;

ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENCHMARKING; DATA SET; SEWER NETWORK; SOFTWARE; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; SANITATION; SEWER; URBAN AREA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78049392411     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.364     Document Type: Article

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