Models and explanatory variables in modelling failure for drinking water pipes to support asset management: a mixed literature review

E Forero-Ortiz, E Martinez-Gomariz… - Applied Water …, 2023 - Springer
There is an increasing demand to enhance infrastructure asset management within the
drinking water sector. A key factor for achieving this is improving the accuracy of pipe failure …

Water Distribution Systems: Integrated Approaches for Effective Utility Management

NS Grigg - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
An extensive review of research advances in distribution system management was
conducted to include methods, tools, and frameworks for integration. Sources included …

Predicting the risk of pipe failure using gradient boosted decision trees and weighted risk analysis

NA Barton, SH Hallett, SR Jude, TH Tran - Npj Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
Pipe failure prediction models are essential for informing proactive management decisions.
This study aims to establish a reliable prediction model returning the probability of pipe …

A hybrid machine learning-based model for predicting failure of water mains under climatic variations: A Hong Kong case study

J Xing, T Zayed, Y Dai, Y Shao, Z Almheiri - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2024 - Elsevier
Effective functioning of water systems is critical to ensure the quality of human life. Therefore,
failure prediction of water mains under climatic variations is necessary to avoid socio …

Semisupervised clustering approach for pipe failure prediction with imbalanced data set

R Beig Zali, M Latifi, AA Javadi… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
In recent years, machine learning (ML) approaches have been used widely for water pipe
condition assessment and failure prediction. These methods require a considerable amount …

Data-Driven reliability prediction for district heating networks

LK Mortensen, HR Shaker - Smart Cities, 2024 - search.proquest.com
As district heating networks age, current asset management practices, such as those relying
on static life expectancies and age-and rule-based approaches, need to be replaced by data …

Customised-sampling approach for pipe failure prediction in water distribution networks

M Latifi, R Beig Zali, AA Javadi, R Farmani - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This paper presents a new methodology for addressing imbalanced class data for failure
prediction in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs). The proposed methodology relies on …

Roles of value in the evaluation and modeling of decision strategies for pipe maintenance in water distribution networks

S Zuluaga, S Saxe, B Karney - Journal of Water Resources …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are essential infrastructure systems, providing vital
drinking and process water for urban health and economic vitality. The unfolding choices of …

Review of research on performance indicators for water utilities

H Sakai - AQUA—Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Water utilities are affected by various social, environmental, and technological factors and
are increasingly required to enhance their infrastructure and long-term efficiency …

A bayesian pipe failure prediction for optimizing pipe renewal time in water distribution networks

W Nugroho, C Utomo, N Iriawan - Infrastructures, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sustainable management of the water supply system requires methodologies to monitor,
repair, or replace the aging infrastructure, but more importantly, it must be able to assess the …