RAPIDS: Early warning system for urban flooding and water quality hazards

Machine Learning in Water Systems - AISB Convention 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-29

  Duncan, Andrew P ^a   Chen, Albert S ^a   Keedwell, Edward C ^a   Djordjević, Slobodan ^a   Savić, Dragan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANN; Early warning system; Flood risk; Machine learning; Neural network; Nowcasting; Prediction; Rainfall; Urban flood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894223470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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