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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2016.38.2.87

A Study on the Turbidity Estimation Model Using Data Mining Techniques in the Water Supply System  

Park, No-Suk (Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Soonho (Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee, Young Joo (K-water Institute)
Yoon, Sukmin (Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.38, no.2, 2016 , pp. 87-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
Turbidity is a key indicator to the user that the 'Discolored Water' phenomenon known to be caused by corrosion of the pipeline in the water supply system. 'Discolored Water' is defined as a state with a turbidity of the degree to which the user visually be able to recognize water. Therefore, this study used data mining techniques in order to estimate turbidity changes in water supply system. Decision tree analysis was applied in data mining techniques to develop estimation models for turbidity changes in the water supply system. The pH and residual chlorine dataset was used as variables of the turbidity estimation model. As a result, the case of applying both variables(pH and residual chlorine) were shown more reasonable estimation results than models only using each variable. However, the estimation model developed in this study were shown to have underestimated predictions for the peak observed values. To overcome this disadvantage, a high-pass filter method was introduced as a pretreatment of estimation model. Modified model using high-pass filter method showed more exactly predictions for the peak observed values as well as improved prediction performance than the conventional model.
Keywords
Turbidity; Discolored Water; Data Mining Techniques; Decision Tree Analysis;
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