Enhances water disaggregation for parallel appliances using shape features and Bayesian Discriminative Sparse Coding.
problem Accurately discriminate and disaggregate water consumption patterns from parallel appliances.
method Bayesian Discriminative Sparse Coding (BDSC-LP) with Laplace Prior, shape features, Gibbs sampling.
result Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed model.
Develops a method to disaggregate aerosol optical depth into vertical extinction profiles.
problem Uncertainty in measuring aerosol vertical distributions due to limited observations.
method Bayesian nonparametric Gaussian process modeling using meteorological predictors.
result Model reconstructs realistic extinction profiles with well-calibrated uncertainty, outperforming idealized baselines.
The paper evaluates various forecasting methods for inflation, finding ML models superior.
problem Forecasting inflation using disaggregated data and machine learning.
method Examines traditional and machine learning models, including random forest, for disaggregated and aggregated inflation forecasts.
result Aggregating disaggregated forecasts performs similarly to survey-based expectations and aggregate models.
Efficient neural network improves disaggregation of home energy usage.
problem Estimating power consumption of individual appliances from total home power.
method Fully convolutional neural network architecture with improved computational efficiency.
result Achieves state-of-the-art disaggregation performance with reduced training and prediction times.
New framework for interpreting disaggregated fairness evaluations using causal models.
problem Misinterpretation of disaggregated fairness evaluations due to data representativeness and selection bias.
method Causal graphical models to characterize fairness properties and metric stability under different data generating processes.
result Disaggregated evaluations are unreliable without explicit assumptions regarding bias mechanisms.
SureMap estimates model performance across subpopulations efficiently.
problem Estimating model performance across subpopulations with scarce data.
method Simultaneous Gaussian mean estimation with external data.
result High accuracy in both multi-task and single-task disaggregated evaluations.
Paper proposes a novel optimization method for disaggregating smart meter data.
problem Energy disaggregation, inferring appliance-specific energy consumption from aggregate meter data.
method Two-stage optimization approach: first phase uses mixed integer programming, second phase binary quadratic optimization with penalty terms and appliance constraints.
result Proposed method successfully reconstructs appliance signatures, overcoming previous optimization-based methods' limitations.
The paper tackles energy disaggregation by improving dictionary learning with deep neural models.
problem Decomposing electricity signals of a whole home into its operating devices.
method Proposes a novel optimization program that learns both the dictionary and sparse coefficients using a deep neural model (LSTM-AE) to capture temporal energy signals.
result Significant improvement in disaggregation accuracy and F-score metrics compared to state-of-the-art methods.
We propose a clustering-based iterative algorithm to solve certain optimization problems in machine learning, where we start the algorithm by aggregating the original data, solving the problem on aggregated data, and then in subsequent steps gradually disaggregate the aggregated data. We apply the algorithm to common m…
Research develops a water quality prediction model using LSTM.
problem Global degradation of water resources and need for optimal water quality monitoring.
method Developed a multivariate water quality prediction model using LSTM and historical data.
result Multiple step LSTM model achieved RMSE of 0.227 mg/L.
New LSTM model predicts disaggregated electricity loads accurately.
problem Forecasting disaggregated electricity loads from smart meters.
method Single complex LSTM model capturing individual consumption patterns.
result Model accurately predicts future loads of new consumers.
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.
AquaSight detects water impurity using deep learning.
problem Water pollution and lack of affordable water quality assessment.
method Convolutional Neural Networks for automated water impurity detection.
result Deep learning model achieved 96% accuracy in detecting water contamination.
Energy is a limited resource which has to be managed wisely, taking into account both supply-demand matching and capacity constraints in the distribution grid. One aspect of the smart energy management at the building level is given by the problem of real-time detection of flexible demand available. In this paper we pr…
Model predicts climate-sensitive water and electricity use in Midwestern cities.
problem Ensuring conservation measures in growing cities under climate change.
method Statistical learning theory-based modeling framework for predicting climate-sensitive water-electricity demand nexus.
result Water use is slightly more sensitive to climate than electricity use.
Paper proposes a neural network for disaggregating appliance-level energy consumption.
problem Estimating appliance-level electricity consumption from a single meter.
method Adapts a neural network to classify operational state changes of appliances.
result Competitive performance compared to existing methods in simulated experiments.
Deep neural network improves NILM with attention mechanism.
problem Energy disaggregation of individual appliance power demands from aggregate meter readings.
method Regression and classification subnetworks with attention mechanism.
result Proposed model outperforms state-of-the-art on REDD and UK-DALE datasets.
tempdisagg transforms low-frequency data into high-frequency estimates.
problem Transforming low-frequency data into high-frequency estimates.
method Uses econometric techniques including Chow-Lin, Denton, Litterman, Fernandez, and uniform interpolation.
result Transforms low-frequency aggregates into consistent, high-frequency estimates.
New algorithm extracts device profiles for short-term power predictions in commercial buildings.
problem Short-term power prediction in commercial buildings with high accuracy.
method Unsupervised extraction of device profiles from aggregate power measurements, disaggregation using particle swarm optimization, and state changes forecast by artificial neural networks.
result Developed approach outperforms existing methods with high accuracy.
Model forecasts water demand with probabilistic multi-step-ahead approach.
problem Accurate probabilistic forecasts of water demand for operational control.
method Time series model with Lasso for high-dimensional feature space.
result Accurate, interpretable, and fast computable forecasting model.
PREMA recovers detailed data from aggregated views.
problem Reconstructing detailed data from aggregated views.
method Low-rank tensor factorization.
result Recovery guarantees under certain conditions.
This paper presents a novel data-driven technique based on the spatiotemporal pattern network (STPN) for energy/power prediction for complex dynamical systems. Built on symbolic dynamic filtering, the STPN framework is used to capture not only the individual system characteristics but also the pair-wise causal dependen…
In this paper, we present a regression framework involving several machine learning models to estimate water parameters based on hyperspectral data. Measurements from a multi-sensor field campaign, conducted on the River Elbe, Germany, represent the benchmark dataset. It contains hyperspectral data and the five water p…
We propose a new framework for single-channel source separation that lies between the fully supervised and unsupervised setting. Instead of supervision, we provide input features for each source signal and use convex methods to estimate the correlations between these features and the unobserved signal decomposition. We…
A model for groundwater trading among stakeholders.
problem Groundwater trading among stakeholders in a basin.
method Optimization of production by agents considering water rights, consumption, and trading.
result Characterization of Nash equilibrium in a 1-period setting and initial insights into multi-period game.
The study forecasts water quality from satellite data using machine learning.
problem Predicting future water quality from satellite data for coastal regions.
method Decomposed time series into components and used machine learning models (SARIMA, regression, neural network).
result Regression and neural network models are best at predicting Chl-a, SARIMA model best at FLH and SST.
Review and compare sorting model selection methods for preference disaggregation.
problem Selecting a representative sorting model from multiple compatible models.
method Reviewed and proposed new procedures for selecting sorting models, including robust assignment rule.
result Identified most efficient procedures in terms of classification accuracy and robustness.
Predict water pipe failures using machine learning and survival analysis.
problem Difficulty in accessing water pipes for maintenance.
method Classical and modern classifiers for short-term prediction, survival analysis for long-term forecast, and oversampling technique for imbalanced data.
result Identifies important risk factors for water pipe failures.
Develops algorithm to reduce real-world inequality.
problem Reduces inequality in real-world disparities.
method Impact remediation framework using social science insights and constrained optimization.
result Optimal intervention policies discovered to improve equity.
Water balance models (WBMs) are often employed to understand regional hydrologic cycles over various time scales. Most WBMs, however, are physically-based, and few employ state-of-the-art statistical methods to reconcile independent input measurement uncertainty and bias. Further, few WBMs exist for large lakes, and mo…
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.
Energy consumption for hot water production is a major draw in high efficiency buildings. Optimizing this has typically been approached from a thermodynamics perspective, decoupled from occupant influence. Furthermore, optimization usually presupposes existence of a detailed dynamics model for the hot water system. The…
Simpler model outperforms state-of-the-art for disaggregating census data.
problem Disaggregating detailed census data into finer-grained, high-resolution mappings.
method Aggregate learning approach using ancillary data for an interpretable model.
result Simple model outperforms state-of-the-art on disaggregation metrics.
DESS MRI and kernel learning enable precise myelin water quantification.
problem Quantifying myelin water content in the brain.
method Optimized DESS scans combined with kernel learning for precise estimation of myelin water fraction.
result DESS PERK ff estimates are quantitatively similar to conventional MESE MWF estimates.
When the residents of Flint learned that lead had contaminated their water system, the local government made water-testing kits available to them free of charge. The city government published the results of these tests, creating a valuable dataset that is key to understanding the causes and extent of the lead contamina…
Variational autoencoders model water Cherenkov detector data.
problem Modeling generative distribution of water Cherenkov detector data.
method Variational autoencoders and normalizing flows.
result Demonstrated capability of variational autoencoders for generative modelling.
A new deep learning method for energy disaggregation.
problem Energy disaggregation or non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) to identify individual appliance power usage.
method Sequence to Point Learning based on Bidirectional Dilated Residual Network (BRDN).
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in all appliances on REDD and UK-DALE datasets.
The paper develops models to predict the remaining useful life of water pipes.
problem Predicting the remaining useful life of deteriorating water pipes.
method Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) applied to field data.
result Models accurately predict the reduction of remaining useful life due to pipe deterioration.
LightGBM outperforms other models in predicting pH values in Georgia, USA.
problem Accurate water quality prediction for effective resource management and pollution mitigation.
method Five distinct predictive models (linear regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, MLP neural network) were assessed for pH value forecasting in Georgia, USA.
result LightGBM achieved the highest average precision in predicting pH values.
Paper tackles invariance of demodulation in shallow water acoustic communications.
problem Frequency-selective signal distortion (Doppler effect) in shallow water environments.
method Developed ML-based demodulation methods using DBN-NN and DBN-CNN.
result Demonstrated invariance of the proposed method to Doppler effect with 2dB error margin.
Light pillars over rippled water appear parallel due to projection geometry.
problem Light pillars over rippled water appear parallel.
method Developing a geometric optics model
result The phenomenon is explained using the specular reflection rule, projection geometry, and physics of surface slopes.
Machine learning predicts liquid water properties from cluster data.
problem Accuracy of bulk properties from machine-learned potentials is limited by training data.
method Local, atom-centred descriptors enable prediction of bulk properties from cluster data.
result Excellent agreement with experimental and theoretical counterparts of liquid water properties.
Neural network for water treatment anomaly detection with GA architecture optimization.
problem Detect anomalies in water treatment systems.
method Genetic algorithms for NN architecture optimization, NAB metric, F1-metric drawbacks analysis, techniques to improve AD quality.
result Improved anomaly detection quality through genetic algorithms and techniques.
Water saturation is an important property in reservoir engineering domain. Thus, satisfactory classification of water saturation from seismic attributes is beneficial for reservoir characterization. However, diverse and non-linear nature of subsurface attributes makes the classification task difficult. In this context,…
This thesis tackles NILM challenges with a new dataset and efficient edge deployment techniques.
problem Limited datasets and high computational power for NILM deployment.
method Developed an interoperable data collection framework and introduced model compression techniques.
result Efficient edge deployment of NILM models for global scalability and sustainability.
A new method improves AI fairness assessment by estimating performance across intersectional subgroups.
problem Limited evaluation of AI systems across intersectional subgroups due to small sample sizes.
method Structured regression approach to disaggregated evaluation.
result Our method yields more accurate performance estimates, especially for small subgroups.
Though distribution system operators have been adding more sensors to their networks, they still often lack an accurate real-time picture of the behavior of distributed energy resources such as demand responsive electric loads and residential solar generation. Such information could improve system reliability, economic…
Paper proposes an unsupervised NILM framework using GLDA for diverse utility data.
problem Extract appliance components from aggregate energy signals without labeled data.
method Bayesian hierarchical mixture models, Gaussian Latent Dirichlet Allocation (GLDA), online processing.
result Algorithm finds useful consumption patterns from mixed utility data.