DeepCSO model forecasts CSO events from multiple sewer structures in near real-time.
problem Forecasting Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) events at a citywide level.
method Multi-task deep learning model combining data-driven and deterministic methods.
result Deep learning model outperforms traditional methods in CSO event forecasting.
New method combines simple forecasting techniques for river flow predictions.
problem Improving accuracy of long-term hydrological forecasts.
method Combines at least two forecasting methods using median combiner.
result Performs well in long-term forecasts, especially with multiple methods.
Improved hydrological models using LSTM networks on large datasets.
problem Traditional hydrological models degrade when applied to multiple basins.
method Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks trained on 531 basins from CAMELS data.
result Single LSTM model outperforms regional and basin-specific models.
HydroNets use river structure to improve hydrologic predictions.
problem Scalable and accurate hydrologic models are needed for climate change impacts.
method HydroNets are deep neural networks that incorporate river network structure.
result HydroNets improve predictions with fewer data, especially at longer horizons.
NeuralHydrology uses LSTMs to forecast rainfall-runoff, revealing interpretable patterns.
problem Difficulty in interpreting LSTMs in environmental sciences.
method Application of LSTMs for rainfall-runoff forecasting in hydrology, analyzing patterns internally.
result Trained LSTMs reveal patterns consistent with hydrological system understanding.
Proposes a probabilistic model to improve hydrology predictions and trust.
problem Noisy or missing basin characteristics impact streamflow prediction.
method Probabilistic inverse modeling framework to reconstruct basin characteristics.
result 6% improvement in R2 for streamflow prediction, 17% reduction in uncertainty. Data scientists guide to streamflow prediction and flood forecasting.
problem Forecasting floods and predicting streamflow volume.
method Explains hydrologic concepts and machine learning applications.
result Helps data scientists understand streamflow prediction.
New model uses less site-specific data for accurate hydrologic predictions.
problem Accurate rainfall-runoff modeling in data-poor regions.
method Data-driven learned embedding to replace location-specific attributes.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results with significantly less information.
PIML model improves hydrological predictions by blending physics and ML.
problem Hydrological models either lack predictive accuracy or fail to maintain physical consistency.
method Physics Informed Machine Learning (PIML) that integrates physics-based models and ML algorithms.
result PIML model outperforms both physics-based and ML models in predicting streamflow and evapotranspiration.
New method clusters hydrological and sediment data for storm event analysis.
problem Analyzing storm events for water quality constituents like turbidity.
method Multivariate time series clustering of river discharge and sediment data.
result Clusters differ from 2-D hysteresis loop classifications.
Transformer-based diffusion models improve hydrological time series imputation and forecasting.
problem Limited observations in hydrometeorological time series.
method Transformer-based diffusion models applied to hydrological data.
result Transformer-based models efficiently sample realistic time series distributions under variable missing data.
DL models can outperform regionalized models in hydrology by pooling diverse data.
problem Traditional wisdom in hydrology suggests regionalization improves model performance, but DL models can unify data for better performance.
method Used DL models on pooled data from different regions, showing improved performance compared to regionalized models.
result DL models can improve performance by pooling diverse data, highlighting the 'data synergy' effect.
LSTM model predicts climate impacts on floods and droughts.
problem Predicting climate impacts on individual watersheds is challenging.
method Large-scale LSTM training on extensive data sets.
result LSTM model outperforms state-of-the-art models in predicting extreme flows.
VAE models generate urban street networks from data.
problem Quantitative description of urban patterns.
method Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) for urban street network data.
result VAEs can capture urban network metrics and generate new urban forms.
UrbanRhythm reveals urban dynamics from mobility data.
problem Understanding changing urban activities over time.
method Extracting staying, leaving, arriving attributes; using Saak transform; clustering for city states; motif analysis for short-term regularity.
result Characterized urban dynamics as city state transformations over time.
Survey of urban flows prediction methods using various datasets.
problem Predicting urban flows influenced by human activities, weather, events, and holidays.
method Analysis of four main factors, preparation of multi-sources spatial-temporal data, detailed comparison of five categories of prediction methods.
result Facilitates researchers to choose suitable methods and datasets for urban flows prediction.
Graph embeddings from commute networks identify socioeconomic disparities in urban areas.
problem Urban delineation and socioeconomic group identification.
method Graph Neural Network (GNN) for modeling commute networks and deriving node embeddings.
result GNNs effectively capture socioeconomic disparities between urban communities.
Study proposes CNN for reconstructing high-res urban DEMs.
problem Lack of high-res urban DEM datasets for flood modeling.
method Multi-scale CNN model trained on urban DEMs of varying resolutions.
result CNN-based method produces superior high-res urban DEMs.
CityTFT models urban building energy using a data-driven approach.
problem Current UBEM methods are time-consuming and based on physics.
method CityTFT uses a TFT framework with an augmented loss function.
result CityTFT predicts energy demands with high accuracy.
Paper presents a GAN model for realistic river image synthesis.
problem Generating high-quality river images for hydrological research.
method Used a Progressive Growing GAN (PGGAN) architecture to overcome training challenges.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of GANs in generating high-resolution river images.
Paper uses DeePC to improve urban traffic lights, reducing congestion and emissions.
problem Urban traffic congestion in expanding cities.
method Behavioral system theory, data-driven control, DeePC algorithm.
result DeePC outperforms existing traffic control methods in travel time and CO2 emissions.
Proposes a model to understand urban dynamics from mega-metropolises.
problem Understanding residents mobility patterns in mega-metropolises.
method Neighbor-Regularized and context-aware Non-negative Tensor Factorization (NR-cNTF).
result NR-cNTF accurately captures city rhythms and spatial communities.
MC-LSTM extends LSTM to conserve mass in neural networks.
problem Conservation laws in real-world systems.
method Extending LSTM's inductive bias to conserve mass.
result MC-LSTM sets new state-of-the-art for predicting peak flows.
Understanding the causes of crime is a longstanding issue in researcher's agenda. While it is a hard task to extract causality from data, several linear models have been proposed to predict crime through the existing correlations between crime and urban metrics. However, because of non-Gaussian distributions and multic…
Urban transformations within large and growing metropolitan areas often generate critical dynamics affecting social interactions, transport connectivity and income flow distribution. We develop a statistical-mechanical model of urban transformations, exemplified for Greater Sydney, and derive a thermodynamic descriptio…
Study uses deep neural networks for flood forecasting.
problem Accurate flood predictions everywhere.
method Artificial deep neural networks for time-series forecasting.
result Neural networks improve flood predictions.
Model predicts traffic speed using urban incidents.
problem Accurately predicting traffic speed in urban areas.
method Deep Incident-Aware Graph Convolutional Network (DIGC-Net).
result Model outperforms competing benchmarks in traffic speed prediction.
Novel graph model forecasts urban traffic with reduced spatial complexity.
problem Challenges in traffic forecasting due to spatio-temporal complexity, especially in urban environments.
method MW-TGC network model that combines spatial and temporal dependencies using multi-weighted adjacency matrices and graph convolution operations.
result MW-TGC network outperforms other models in urban-core and urban-mix sites, reducing variance in heterogeneous environments.
Deep learning enhances water resources management through data analysis.
problem Data volume and variety in water resources management.
method Systematic review of deep learning applications in hydrology and water resources.
result Deep learning improves water resources monitoring, prediction, and classification.
Paper explores multimodal methods for detecting urban micro-events.
problem Detecting urban micro-events in cities with limited geographical coverage.
method Exploring multimodal fusion methods including early, late, hybrid fusion and representation learning.
result Multimodal approach yields higher performance than unimodal alternatives.
Model estimates urban capabilities driving economic performance.
problem Estimating the drivers of urban economic complexity and their connection to performance.
method Derived a model to infer capabilities from employment data, statistically superior to alternatives.
result The derived model explains known urban scaling and economic complexity results and correlates with economic performance.
Dataset for rainfall modeling in central Europe from 1981-2011.
problem Improving rainfall streamflow modeling beyond simple catchments.
method Spatially resolved meteorological and ancillary data compilation.
result Dataset for neural network-driven hydrological modeling.
hood2vec identifies urban area similarity via mobility networks.
problem Identifying similar urban areas using mobility networks.
method Learning node embeddings of the mobility network from Foursquare check-ins.
result Mobility dynamics capture different aspects of urban area similarity than venue types.
The paper uses GIS data to predict urban sprawl.
problem Overgrowth and expansion of low-density areas with car dependency and segregation.
method Data mining algorithms (Apriori, J4.8) adapted for geospatial analysis using ArcGIS.
result Prototype spatial decision support system (SDSS) predicts urban sprawl and estimates impact variables.
Paper optimizes urban navigation with deep learning models.
problem Real-time urban pathfinding challenges.
method Enhanced A* algorithm and neural network model.
result Neural network model outperforms traditional methods, reducing travel times by up to 40%.
Deep learning agent improves pedestrian navigation in urban environments.
problem Autonomous driving among pedestrians in urban areas.
method Multi-objective deep reinforcement learning using a deep Q-learning variant.
result The multi-objective DQN agent outperforms single-objective DQN in various environments.
Novel RL method handles urban driving tasks including traffic lights.
problem Difficulties in reinforcement learning for complex urban driving tasks.
method Implicit affordances for model-free RL.
result Successfully handles urban driving tasks including traffic lights.
Bayesian network framework assesses urban risks across multiple domains.
problem Complex interdependencies in urban systems.
method Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) with DAGs, Hill-Climbing search, BIC, K2 scoring, synthetic data, SMOTE.
result Identifies key risk factors and quantifies likelihood of cascading failures.
AirRL uses RL to infer urban air quality from selected stations.
problem Inferring fine-grained urban air quality from limited monitoring stations.
method Reinforcement learning model with a dynamic station selector and air quality regressor.
result AirRL achieves highest performance in air quality inference experiments.
Framework classifies urban congestion into recurrent and non-recurrent types.
problem Classifying urban congestion into recurrent and non-recurrent types.
method Real-time distributed classification using VANET on a heterogeneous urban road network.
result Predictive accuracy of 89.17% for the boosting technique.
Quantile regression improves urban water demand forecasting.
problem Improving probabilistic urban water demand forecasting.
method Comparing five quantile regression algorithms and their combinations for one-day ahead forecasting.
result Linear boosting algorithm performs best for probabilistic urban water demand forecasting.
Cultural activity is an inherent aspect of urban life and the success of a modern city is largely determined by its capacity to offer generous cultural entertainment to its citizens. To this end, the optimal allocation of cultural establishments and related resources across urban regions becomes of vital importance, as…
New model predicts urban sprawl sensitivity from remote sensing data.
problem Forecasting urban sprawl sensitivity to economic factors.
method Physics-constrained conditional GANs for image-to-image translation.
result Model accurately predicts urban sprawl sensitivity without detailed data.
Deep Recurrent Q-Network improves autonomous driving in urban areas with pedestrians.
problem Challenges in urban autonomous driving due to complex road structures and unpredictable pedestrian behavior.
method Combines Deep Q-Network with LSTM for long-term memory, designed a 3-D state representation, and uses a reward function.
result The proposed DRQN-based approach outperforms rule-based methods in dense urban scenarios.
Proposes ANN for more accurate path loss prediction in urban environments.
problem Inaccurate path loss prediction in complex urban environments.
method Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for multi-dimensional regression modeling of path loss.
result The proposed ANN model is more accurate and flexible than conventional linear models.
While it is believed that denoising is not always necessary in many big data applications, we show in this paper that denoising is helpful in urban traffic analysis by applying the method of bounded total variation denoising to the urban road traffic prediction and clustering problem. We propose two easy-to-implement m…
Intensive development of urban systems creates a number of challenges for urban planners and policy makers in order to maintain sustainable growth. Running efficient urban policies requires meaningful urban metrics, which could quantify important urban characteristics including various aspects of an actual human behavi…
Study shows income inequality increases with city size, affecting only the wealthiest deciles.
problem Understanding income inequality in urban areas.
method Urban scaling analysis of total income scaling in population percentiles.
result Income in the poorest decile does not increase with city size, while the wealthiest deciles show superlinear scaling.