An excel-based solution to bring water distribution network analysis closer to users

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Giustolisi, Orazio ^a   Savić, Dragan A ^b   Berardi, Luigi ^a   Laucelli, Daniele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MS Excel; Research transfer; Topological analysis; Water distribution network analysis

Indexed keywords

TOPOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT; MS EXCEL; TECHNICAL ADVANCES; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875069649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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