Mathematics Clinic -- Spring 1998

Sponsored by: Denver Water
Taught by: Stephen C. Billups
Title: Automatic Calibration of Water Distribution Network Models

Abstract

The task of calibrating a water distribution network model involves choosing values of certain model parameters so that the model reproduces, as closely as possible, telemetry data provided by field measurements. For models involving thousands of pipes, this calibration process is very time consuming. In this clinic, we developed two methods for performing the calibration process automatically.

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