Improving pipe failure predictions: Factors affecting pipe failure in drinking water networks

NA Barton, TS Farewell, SH Hallett, TF Acland - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
To reduce leakage and improve service levels, water companies are increasingly using
statistical models of pipe failure using infrastructure, weather and environmental data …

Toward Sustainable Water Infrastructure: The State‐Of‐The‐Art for Modeling the Failure Probability of Water Pipes

R Taiwo, MEA Ben Seghier… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Failures of water distribution networks (WDNs) are rising at an exponential rate,
necessitating immediate attention. An effective way to reduce the failure rate is to develop …

Machine learning based water pipe failure prediction: The effects of engineering, geology, climate and socio-economic factors

X Fan, X Wang, X Zhang, XB Yu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Underground water pipes deteriorate under the influence of various physical, mechanical,
environmental, and social factors. Reliable pipe failure prediction is essential for a proactive …

Pipe failure modelling for water distribution networks using boosted decision trees

D Winkler, M Haltmeier, M Kleidorfer… - Structure and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Pipe failure modelling is an important tool for strategic rehabilitation planning of urban water
distribution infrastructure. Rehabilitation predictions are mostly based on existing network …

Uncertainty quantification of a deep learning model for failure rate prediction of water distribution networks

X Fan, X Zhang, XB Yu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting the time-dependent pipe failure rate of the water distribution networks (WDNs) is
important for planning its renewal budget but also challenging due to the complex factors …

Improving urban water security through pipe-break prediction models: Machine learning or survival analysis

B Snider, EA McBean - Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
North America's water distribution systems are aging and incurring increased pipe breaks.
These breaks pose a serious threat to urban drinking water security, leading to service …

Comparison of statistical and machine learning models for pipe failure modeling in water distribution networks

MM Giraldo-González, JP Rodríguez - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The application of statistical and Machine Learning models plays a critical role in planning
and decision support processes for efficient and reliable Water Distribution Network (WDN) …

Integrated approach for pipe failure prediction and condition scoring in water infrastructure systems

TM Rifaai, AA Abokifa, L Sela - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Pipe failures in water distribution infrastructure have significant economic, environmental,
and public health impacts. To alleviate these impacts, pipe deterioration modeling has been …

Systematic and scientometric analyses of predictors for modelling water pipes deterioration

IA Shaban, AEE Eltoukhy, T Zayed - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
The deterioration of water pipes causes significant socio-economic and environmental
burdens. Many predictors/factors are used to mitigate such problems by modelling the water …

Pipe breaks and estimating the impact of pressure control in water supply networks

C Jara-Arriagada, I Stoianov - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The deterioration and fracture of water supply pipes present a major threat for the
continuous provision of drinking water. The hydraulic pressure in pipes is an influential …