Forecasting of Industrial Water Demand Using Case-Based Reasoning
Published on by Dusko Balenovic, Previous Network Manager at The Water Network in Academic
Forecasting of Industrial Water Demand Using Case-Based Reasoning—A Case Study in Zhangye City, China
Bohan Yang, Weiwei Zheng and Xinli Ke
Abstract
Forecasting the industrial water demand accurately is crucial for sustainable water resource management. This study investigates industrial water demand forecasting by case-based reasoning (CBR) in an arid area, with a case study of Zhangye, China. We constructed a case base with 420 original cases of 28 cities in China, extracted six attributes of the industrial water demand, and employed a back propagation neural network (BPN) to weight each attribute, as well as the grey incidence analysis (GIA) to calculate the similarities between target case and original cases.
The forecasting values were calculated by weighted similarities. The results show that the industrial water demand of Zhangye in 2030, which is the t arget case, will reach 11.9 million tons. There are 10 original cases which have relatively high similarities to the target case. Furthermore, the case of Yinchuan, 2010, has the largest similarity, followed by Yinchuan, 2009, and Urumqi, 2009. We also made a comparison experiment in which case-based reasoning is more accurate than the grey forecast model and BPN in water demand forecasting.
It is expected that the results of this study will provide references to water resources management and planning.
Keywords : industrial water demand; forecast; case-based reasoning; water resources management; Zhangye city
Water 2017 , 9 (8), 626; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9080626
Yang, B.; Zheng, W.; Ke, X. Forecasting of Industrial Water Demand Using Case-Based Reasoning—A Case Study in Zhangye City, China. Water 2017 , 9 , 626.
Source: MDPI
Taxonomy
- Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- Industrial Water Treatment
- Resource Management
- Industrial Water Treatment
- Industrial Water Reuse
- Industrial Water Managment
- Water Supply
- Sustainable Water Resource Management
- Water Supply
- Service Provision & Demand Management
- Infrastructure
- Water Resource Management
- Water Demand Management and Loss Control