Improving leakage management in urban water distribution networks through data analytics and hydraulic simulation

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 171, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-117

  Candelieri, A ^a   Archetti, F ^a,b   Messina, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Milano Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Data analytics; Leakage management; Water distribution network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION; GIS; HYDRAULICS; INNOVATION; LEAKAGE; PIPELINE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878042791     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WRM130101     Document Type: Article

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