A Decision Support System for Planning Sustainable Water Distribution Systems
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In this paper, an interactive decision support system is proposed to assist experts who prepare water resource management plans for decision makers and stakeholders. Several visualization techniques such as circle views, grid layout, small multiple maps, and simpli∗e-mail: a [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] ‡e-mail: [email protected] §e-mail: [email protected] fication of nodes are combined to improve the data readability of water distribution systems. Views showing the original data and insets for dual network scenarios for further water demand scenarios complement the proposed visualization technique. Further, textual descriptions of the sustainability indices and water usage provide more detailed information. This is complemented by interaction techniques that ease the comparison of different water demand scenarios. Selecting circle views, zooming into an area of interest in the original data view in combination with linked views and a graph for the measured hydraulic simulation values enable users to analyze the scenarios and to understand the causes of individual problems. A case study with three urban water management and sanitary engineering experts was performed to assess this approach. Overall, the results show that the proposed decision support system is Digital Object Indentifier 10.1109/MCG.2015.120 0272-1716/$26.0
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