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This paper presents a comprehensive control-theoretic analysis of water distribution network (WDN) hydraulics. Starting from a general nonlinear differential algebraic equation (DAE) model of WDNs with arbitrary topology and network…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Ahmad F. Taha , Mohamad H. Kazma

Control of water distribution networks (WDNs) can be represented by an optimization problem with hydraulic models describing the nonlinear relationship between head loss, water flow, and demand. The problem is difficult to solve due to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Shen Wang , Ahmad F. Taha , Nikolaos Gatsis , Marcio Giacomoni

Numerous state-feedback and observer designs for nonlinear dynamic systems (NDS) have been developed in the past three decades. These designs assume that NDS nonlinearities satisfy one of the following function set classifications: bounded…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-05 Sebastian A. Nugroho , Ahmad F. Taha , and Vu Hoang

Optimal, network-driven control of Water Distribution Networks (WDN) is very difficult: valve and pump models form non-trivial, combinatorial logic; hydraulic models are nonconvex; water demand patterns are uncertain; and WDN are naturally…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-01 Shen Wang , Ahmad F. Taha , Nikolaos Gatsis , Marcio Giacomoni

In this work, we propose a dissipativity-based method for Lipschitz constant estimation of 1D convolutional neural networks (CNNs). In particular, we analyze the dissipativity properties of convolutional, pooling, and fully connected layers…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Patricia Pauli , Dennis Gramlich , Frank Allgöwer

Cost-effective water distribution network (WDN) design with acceptable pressure performance is crucial for the management of drinking water in cities. This paper presents a Microsoft Excel tool to model, simulate, and optimize WDNs with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-16 Marcus Nóbrega Gomes , Igor Matheus Benites , Salma M. Elsherif , Ahmad F. Taha , Marcio H. Giacomoni

This paper is devoted to the estimation of the Lipschitz constant of general neural network architectures using semidefinite programming. For this purpose, we interpret neural networks as time-varying dynamical systems, where the $k$-th…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Patricia Pauli , Dennis Gramlich , Frank Allgöwer

State estimation in water distribution networks (WDN), the problem of estimating all unknown network heads and flows given select measurements, is challenging due to the nonconvexity of hydraulic models and significant uncertainty from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Shen Wang , Ahmad F. Taha , Nikolaos Gatsis , Lina Sela , Marcio Giacomoni

Water Distribution Networks (WDNs), critical to public well-being and economic stability, face challenges such as pipe blockages and background leakages, exacerbated by operational constraints such as data non-stationarity and limited…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Jin Li , Kleanthis Malialis , Stelios G. Vrachimis , Marios M. Polycarpou

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have emerged as a popular mathematical tool for function approximation due to their capability of modelling highly nonlinear functions. Their applications range from image classification and natural language…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-30 SiQi Zhou , Angela P. Schoellig

Chlorine is a widely used disinfectant and proxy for water quality (WQ) monitoring in water distribution networks (WDN). Chlorine-based WQ regulation and control aims to maintain pathogen-free water. Chlorine residual evolution within WDN…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-28 Salma M. Elsherif , Shen Wang , Ahmad F. Taha , Lina Sela , Marcio H. Giacomoni , Ahmed Abokifa

Traditional control and monitoring of water quality in drinking water distribution networks (WDN) rely on mostly model- or toolbox-driven approaches, where the network topology and parameters are assumed to be known. In contrast, system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Shen Wang , Ankush Chakrabarty , Ahmad F. Taha

The Lipschitz constant plays a crucial role in certifying the robustness of neural networks to input perturbations. Since calculating the exact Lipschitz constant is NP-hard, efforts have been made to obtain tight upper bounds on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Yuezhu Xu , S. Sivaranjani

Water distribution networks (WDNs) are critical systems for our society and detecting leakages is important for minimizing losses and water waste. This makes optimal sensor placement for leakage detection very relevant. Existing sensor…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 J. J. H. van Gemert , V. Breschi , D. R. Yntema , K. J. Keesman , M. Lazar

Planning and extension of water distribution systems (WDSs) plays a key role in the development of smart cities, driven by challenges such as urbanization and climate change. In this context, the correct estimation of physically correct…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Janine Strotherm , Julian Rolfes , Barbara Hammer

This paper studies the problem of optimal placement of water quality (WQ) sensors in water distribution networks (WDNs), with a focus on chlorine transport, decay, and reaction models. Such models are traditionally used as suitable proxies…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Mohamad H. Kazma , Salma M. Elsherif , Ahmad F. Taha

In this paper, we propose a data-driven leak localization method for water distribution networks (WDNs) which combines two complementary approaches: graph-based interpolation and dictionary classification. The former estimates the complete…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-14 Paul Irofti , Luis Romero-Ben , Florin Stoican , Vicenç Puig

Tight estimation of the Lipschitz constant for deep neural networks (DNNs) is useful in many applications ranging from robustness certification of classifiers to stability analysis of closed-loop systems with reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Mahyar Fazlyab , Alexander Robey , Hamed Hassani , Manfred Morari , George J. Pappas

Water distribution networks (WDNs) expand their service areas over time. These growth dynamics are poorly understood. One facet of WDNs is that they have loops in general, and closing loops may be a functionally important process for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-11-30 Kashin Sugishita , Noha Abdel-Mottaleb , Qiong Zhang , Naoki Masuda

The efficient computation of shortest paths in complex networks is essential to face new challenges related to critical infrastructures such as a near real-time monitoring and control and the management of big size systems. In particular,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-12-02 Carlo Giudicianni , Armando di Nardo , Gabriele Oliva , Antonio Scala , Manuel Herrera
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