Dynamic virtual infrastructure benchmarking: DynaVIBe

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-609

  Sitzenfrei, R ^a   Fach, S ^a   Kleidorfer, M ^a   Urich, C ^a   Rauch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Socio economic impacts; Stochastic scenario analysis; Total urban water cycle; Virtual case studies

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CASE-STUDIES; INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN WATERS; VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; BENCHMARKING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFRASTRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMIC VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARKING; LAND USE; POPULATION MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79951765670     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.188     Document Type: Article

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