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.
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.
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.
Decision tool helps manage biofouling risks for ships in the Baltic Sea.
problem Biofouling of ships causes environmental and economic issues.
method Bayesian networks to identify biofouling management strategies.
result Optimal biofouling management includes biocidal-free coating and in-water cleaning.
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.
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.
These days human beings are facing many environmental challenges due to frequently occurring drought hazards. It may have an effect on the countrys environment, the community, and industries. Several adverse impacts of drought hazard are continued in Pakistan, including other hazards. However, early measurement and det…
Machine learning models estimate nutrient concentrations from water quality surrogates.
problem Estimating high frequency nutrient concentrations from limited in-situ measurements.
method Used machine learning (Random Forests) to estimate nutrient concentrations using surrogate measures.
result Reduced RMSE by up to 60.1% compared to linear models, with additional sensors not providing significant benefits.
In the face of growing needs for water and energy, a fundamental understanding of the environmental impacts of human activities becomes critical for managing water and energy resources, remedying water pollution, and making regulatory policy wisely. Among activities that impact the environment, oil and gas production, …
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.
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. Study predicts coastal water quality using machine learning, identifying salinity as key factor.
problem Predicting and managing coastal water quality for public health and tourism.
method Machine learning models (Catboost, Xgboost, Random Forests, Support Vector Regression, Artificial Neural Networks) trained on environmental data.
result Catboost algorithm performed best, with R² values of 0.71 and 0.68 for E. Coli and enterococci predictions.
Novel Orlicz regrets consistently bound environmental variable statistics.
problem Consistent evaluation of stochastic environmental variables like water quality indices.
method Proposed novel Orlicz regrets for upper and lower bounds.
result Explicit linkage between Orlicz regrets and divergence risk measures.
Optimizes cryptocurrency exchanges' risk management by reducing positions based on leverage.
problem Managing risk in cryptocurrency futures exchanges during large price moves.
method Formulates ADL as an optimization problem to minimize risk of loss, using a water-filling rule to equalize leverage.
result The optimal ADL policy minimizes maximum leverage among participants, providing a transparent and implementable benchmark.
Low-cost water-level tracking using LTE power metrics and wavelet analysis.
problem Real-time water-level monitoring across many locations with fixed instruments.
method Extracts per-antenna RSRP, RSSI, and RSRQ, applies CWT to RSRP, and uses a neural network to track water-level changes.
result Achieves root-mean-square and mean-absolute errors of 0.8 cm and 0.5 cm, respectively, under line-of-sight conditions.
A fund manager invests both the fund's assets and own private wealth in separate but potentially correlated risky assets, aiming to maximize expected utility from private wealth in the long run. If relative risk aversion and investment opportunities are constant, we find that the fund's portfolio depends only on the fu…
CauSTream forecasts streamflow by integrating causal graphs for better interpretability.
problem Streamflow forecasting lacks interpretability and generalization due to fixed causal models.
method CauSTream learns causal graphs for meteorological forcings and routing dependencies.
result CauSTream outperforms existing methods, especially at longer forecast windows.
Deep learning automates biofouling detection in ship hull images.
problem Automating biofouling assessment from ship hull images.
method Deep learning model trained on expert-annotated images.
result Deep learning model agrees with expert annotations.
Considering the interdependencies between water and electricity use is critical for ensuring conservation measures are successful in lowering the net water and electricity use in a city. This water-electricity demand nexus will become even more important as cities continue to grow, causing water and electricity utiliti…
Develops a climate risk model for asset managers.
problem Climate-related risks affecting asset performance and productivity.
method Uses the Vasicek model with downward jumps to represent climate impacts on asset dynamics.
result Expected losses increase over time due to climate-related extreme events.
According to the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, every day, 2 million tons of sewage and industrial and agricultural waste are discharged into the worlds water. In order to address this pervasive issue of increasing water pollution, while ensuring that the global population has an efficient, accurate, …
Study uses DNN to accurately estimate daily ET o in various climates.
problem Precise estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ET o ) for irrigation and water management.
method Investigated artificial neural network (ANN) and deep neural network (DNN) models using six meteorological inputs.
result DNN models, especially P-DNN-SeLU, achieve high accuracy in daily ET o estimation.
Study predicts stream turbidity using surrogate data and meta-model.
problem Costly turbidity sensor deployment limits monitoring networks.
method Dynamic regression (ARIMA), LSTM, GAM models; surrogate covariates (rainfall, water level, temperature, solar exposure); meta-model combining strengths of individual models.
result ARIMA and GAM models with all covariates outperform single models; meta-model yields highest 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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Predicting flood for any location at times of extreme storms is a longstanding problem that has utmost importance in emergency management. Conventional methods that aim to predict water levels in streams use advanced hydrological models still lack of giving accurate forecasts everywhere. This study aims to explore arti…
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.
The paper develops a new framework for managing asymmetric volatility.
problem Managing asymmetric volatility to improve recovery and participation.
method Path-dependent framework for asymmetric volatility management.
result Skew engineering reduces harmful downside participation more than productive upside participation.
Blockchain protocol improves traditional mutual funds with performance fees and investor protection.
problem Operational issues and performance fees in traditional mutual funds.
method Developed a blockchain protocol that integrates features of mutual funds and hedge funds.
result Blockchain can simplify performance fee calculations and protect investors.
Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of myelin water content quantification using fast dual-echo steady-state (DESS) scans and machine learning with kernels. Methods: We optimized combinations of steady-state (SS) scans for precisely estimating the fast-relaxing signal fraction ff of a two-compartment signal model, …
Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based model is a computational approach commonly used for modeling the complex relationships between input and output parameters. Prediction of the flow rate of a river is a requisite for any successful water resource management and river basin planning. In the current survey, the effect…
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.
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,…
As the issue of freshwater shortage is increasing daily, it is critical to take effective measures for water conservation. According to previous studies, device level consumption could lead to significant freshwater conservation. Existing water disaggregation methods focus on learning the signatures for appliances; how…
Flood extent mapping plays a crucial role in disaster management and national water forecasting. Unfortunately, traditional classification methods are often hampered by the existence of noise, obstacles and heterogeneity in spectral features as well as implicit anisotropic spatial dependency across class labels. In thi…
Deep learning (DL), a new-generation of artificial neural network research, has transformed industries, daily lives and various scientific disciplines in recent years. DL represents significant progress in the ability of neural networks to automatically engineer problem-relevant features and capture highly complex data…
Hybrid model predicts flow and pressure in water systems.
problem Predicting flow and pressure in water distribution systems with complex spatial-temporal correlations.
method Hybrid dual-stage spatial-temporal attention-based recurrent neural networks (hDS-RNN).
result Our model outperformed 9 baseline models in flow and pressure series prediction.
Precision farming uses data analysis to optimize crop management.
problem Meeting increased food demand with sustainable practices.
method Statistical tools and machine learning for pattern recognition and prediction.
result Optimized farming processes in real-time reduce resource use.
Method reduces model bias in water temperature prediction using physics-guided GNNs.
problem Model bias in traditional physics-based models across different income and education levels.
method Physics-guided GNNs with refined neighbor selection and weights.
result Preserves equitable performance across different sensitive groups in the Delaware River Basin.
Combines machine learning and convex limiting for accurate subgrid flux modeling in shallow-water equations.
problem Accurate subgrid flux modeling in shallow-water equations.
method Machine learning and flux limiting for property-preserving subgrid scale modeling.
result The proposed method produces meaningful closures even in untrained scenarios.
Understanding and accurately predicting within-field spatial variability of crop yield play a key role in site-specific management of crop inputs such as irrigation water and fertilizer for optimized crop production. However, such a task is challenged by the complex interaction between crop growth and environmental and…
Generative model improves noise estimation in stochastic rotating shallow water models.
problem Improving noise estimation in stochastic partial differential equations for fluid dynamics.
method Replaced PCA with a generative model to avoid constraints on stochastic increments.
result Generative model produces better RMSE, CRPS score, and forecast rank histograms.