Urban water demand forecasting: Review of methods and models

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-159

  Donkor, Emmanuel A ^a   Mazzuchi, Thomas A ^a   Soyer, Refik ^b   Alan Roberson, J ^c  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Water Works Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Forecasting; Time series; Uncertainty; Urban water demand

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; DEMAND FORECAST; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; SHORT-TERM FORECASTING; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN WATERS;

DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS; TIME SERIES;

FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND;

EID: 84892846694     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000314     Document Type: Article

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