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Detecting leaks in Water Distribution Networks (WDN) using sensors has become crucial towards an efficient management of water resources. The leak detection methods that use this data rely on the correctness of the acquired data. However,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Krishnan Srinivasarengan , Taha Boukhobza , Samir Aberkane , Vincent Laurain

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

In this article, we propose an approach to leak localisation in a complex water delivery grid with the use of data from physical simulation (e.g. EPANET software). This task is usually achieved by a network of multiple water pressure…

Water is a critical resource that must be managed efficiently. However, a substantial amount of water is lost each year due to leaks in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs). This underscores the need for reliable and effective leak detection…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Daniele Ugo Leonzio , Paolo Bestagini , Marco Marcon , Stefano Tubaro

Large infrastructure networks (e.g. for transportation and power distribution) require constant monitoring for failures, congestion, and other adversarial events. However, assigning a sensor to every link in the network is often infeasible…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-08 Arnav Burudgunte , Arlei Silva

Detecting and localizing leaks in water distribution network systems is an important topic with direct environmental, economic, and social impact. Our paper is the first to explore the use of factor graph optimization techniques for leak…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Paul Irofti , Luis Romero-Ben , Florin Stoican , Vicenç Puig

The paper studies the problem of leakage localization in water distribution networks. For the case of a single pipe that suffers from a single leak, by taking recourse to pressure and flow measurements, and assuming those are noiseless, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-04 Ludvig Lindstrom , Sebin Gracy , Sindri Magnusson , Henrik Sandberg

Timely leak detection in water distribution networks is critical for conserving resources and maintaining operational efficiency. Although Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) excel at capturing spatial-temporal dependencies in sensor data, their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Qusai Khaled , Pasquale De Marinis , Moez Louati , David Ferras , Laura Genga , Uzay Kaymak

Detecting and localizing leakages is a significant challenge for the efficient and sustainable management of water distribution networks (WDN). Leveraging the inherent graph structure of WDNs, recent approaches have used graph-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Zepeng Zhang , Olga Fink

With the advent of integrated sensor technology (smart flow meters and pressure sensors), various new numerical algorithms for leak localization (a core element of water distribution system operation) have been developed. However, there is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Victor Molnö , Henrik Sandberg

Leakages are a major risk in water distribution networks as they cause water loss and increase contamination risks. Leakage detection is a difficult task due to the complex dynamics of water distribution networks. In particular, small…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Valerie Vaquet , Fabian Hinder , Barbara Hammer

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

Leak detection in urban water distribution networks (WDNs) is challenging given their scale, complexity, and limited instrumentation. We present an algorithm for leak detection in WDNs, which involves making additional flow measurements…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Aravind Rajeswaran , Sridharakumar Narasimhan , Shankar Narasimhan

Most studies that consider the problem of estimating the location of a point source in wireless sensor networks assume that the source location is estimated by a set of spatially distributed sensors, whose locations are fixed. Motivated by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Mohammad Fanaei , Matthew C. Valenti , Natalia A. Schmid

Early detection of leaks in gas transmission systems is crucial for ensuring uninterrupted gas supply, enhancing operational efficiency, and minimizing environmental and economic risks. This study aims to develop an analytical method for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Ilgar Aliyev

Optimal sensor placement is essential for state estimation and effective network monitoring. As known in the literature, this problem becomes particularly challenging in large-scale undirected or bidirected cyclic networks with parametric…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 J. J. H. van Gemert , V. Breschi , D. R. Yntema , K. J. Keesman , M. Lazar

Sensor placement for the purpose of detecting/tracking news outbreak and preventing rumor spreading is a challenging problem in a large scale online social network (OSN). This problem is a kind of subset selection problem: choosing a small…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-12-09 Junzhou Zhao , John C. S. Lui , Don Towsley , Xiaohong Guan , Pinghui Wang

This paper studies a graph-based sensor deployment approach in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Specifically, in today's world, where sensors are everywhere, detecting various attributes like temperature and movement, their deteriorating…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-18 Lakshmikanta Sau , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Mobile wireless sensors are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for monitoring critical infrastructures. An important use case is the discovery of leaks and inflows in pipe networks using a swarm of floating sensor nodes. While…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Martin Haug , Felix Lorenz , Lauritz Thamsen

Water is the lifeblood of river networks, and its quality plays a crucial role in sustaining both aquatic ecosystems and human societies. Real-time monitoring of water quality is increasingly reliant on in-situ sensor technology. Anomaly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Katie Buchhorn , Edgar Santos-Fernandez , Kerrie Mengersen , Robert Salomone
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