Prediction of Timing of Watermain Failure Using Gene Expression Models

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1635-1651

  Sattar, Ahmed M A ^a   Gharabaghi, B ^b   McBean, Edward A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asset rehabilitation; Data mining; Gene expression programming; Infrastructure; Pipe failure; Prediction; Watermain

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS CEMENT; CAST IRON; CATHODIC PROTECTION; CEMENTS; DATA MINING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; GENES;

CEMENT MORTAR LININGS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING; INFRASTRUCTURE; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PIPE FAILURES; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; WATERMAIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

DATA MINING; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; PIPE; PREDICTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84955610149     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1241-x     Document Type: Article

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