An integrated cellular automata evolutionary-based approach for evaluating future scenarios and the expansion of urban drainage networks

The paper describes and demonstrates an integrated cellular automata evolutionary-based approach for evaluating future scenarios including the expansion of urban drainage networks. The approach can be used to derive a drainage network layout based on future land use scenarios. Two techniques are used to derive the layout of the system: one using agent-based modelling and the other using similar principles built as a set of raster operations within ArcGIS. The tools and models are applied to a case study in Birmingham, UK. The results show that both techniques perform well for carrying out a scoping analysis at an urban scale. The case study shows that the application of the proposed approach for simulating urban growth processes and the consequent expansion of the drainage networks can achieve promising results. The interconnected drainage model for Birmingham shows that future developments will contribute further to flooding problems if no improvements are made to the existing drainage system. The same approach can be used to identify those drainage system elements that require immediate attention and which need to be replaced in order to improve the overall system performance.

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Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Integrating Areas of Irregular Urban Growth with the Formal City

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.996 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 409-410 ◽

pp. 996-1003 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marcelo G. Miguez ◽

Aline P. Verol ◽

Raphael B. Santos

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Rainwater Harvesting ◽

Drainage System ◽

Urban Drainage ◽

Drainage Network ◽

Small Reservoir ◽

System Solution ◽

Effective Drainage ◽

Alternative Solutions

The main objective of this paper is to propose an alternative for the stormwater management in low-income communities, settled in urban vertical slums, located in areas with insufficient infrastructure and degraded environment. A case study located in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, is presented. The high slopes of the studied area are used to favor the superficial flows, generating alternatives for the traditional stormdrains used to collect the runoff of the upstream reaches. A small reservoir is proposed for each house, reducing flood volumes by allowing rainwater harvesting, and a greater retention reservoir is introduced as a storage measure for connecting the microdrainage coming from the informal city to the formal city. The different scenarios were simulated with the aid of a mathematical model called MODCEL and the results showed that it is possible to apply an effective drainage system solution in informal areas, without affecting the already implemented downstream formal drainage network. The retention reservoir proposed also introduces the possibility to act in improving the water quality to downstream areas, although this complementary aspect is not developed in this study.

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Visualising Ostia’s Processional Landscape Through a Multi-Layered Computational Approach: Case Study of the Cult of the Magna Mater

Open Archaeology ◽

10.1515/opar-2019-0028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 444-467

Author(s):

Katherine A. Crawford

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Computational Approach ◽

Urban Network ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Existing Problems ◽

Layered Approach ◽

Religious Landscape ◽

Insight Into

AbstractOstia, the ancient port of Rome, had a rich religious landscape. How processional rituals further contributed to this landscape, however, has seen little consideration. This is largely due to a lack of evidence that attests to the routes taken by processional rituals. The present study aims to address existing problems in studying processions by questioning what factors motivated processional movement routes. A novel computational approach that integrates GIS, urban network analysis, and agent-based modelling is introduced. This multi-layered approach is used to question how spectators served as attractors in the creation of a processional landscape using Ostia’s Campo della Magna Mater as a case study. The analysis of these results is subsequently used to gain new insight into how a greater processional landscape was created surrounding the sanctuary of the Magna Mater.

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Assessment of metal contamination in an urban drainage system (using water and tilapia, Oreochromis spp.) in view of human health effect. A case study of some selected communities in Cape Coast township in Ghana

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry ◽

10.1007/s10967-012-1750-x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 293 (3) ◽

pp. 807-814

Author(s):

I. K. Baidoo ◽

D. K. Sarfo ◽

L. A. Sarsah ◽

M. K. Appenteng ◽

E. A. Kaka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Health Effect ◽

Drainage System ◽

Urban Drainage ◽

Cape Coast ◽

Urban Drainage System

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A Comparison between Agent-Based and GIS-Based Tsunami Evacuation Simulations: A Case Study for Tofino, BC

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering ◽

10.1139/cjce-2020-0660 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph Kim ◽

Tomoyuki Takabatake ◽

Ioan NISTOR ◽

Tomoya Shibayama

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Geographical Information Systems ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Evacuation Planning ◽

Loss Of Life ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Validation Tool

Soft measures such as evacuation planning are recommended to mitigate the loss of life during tsunamis. Two types of evacuation models are widely used: (1) Agent-based modelling (ABM) defines sets of rules that individual agents in a simulation follow during a simulated evacuation. (2) Geographical information systems (GIS) are more accessible to city planners, but cannot incorporate the dynamic behaviours found in ABMs. The two evacuation modelling methodologies were compared through a case study by assessing the state of evacuation preparedness and investigating potential mitigation options. The two models showed different magnitudes for mortality rates and facility demand but had similar trends. Both models agreed on the best solution to reduce the loss of life for the community. GIS may serve as a useful tool for initial investigation or as a validation tool for ABMs. ABMs are recommended for use when modelling evacuation until GIS methodologies are further developed.

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Research for Combined Drainage Networks in Chuanfang River Basin of Kunming City Based on SWMM

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.170-173.2380 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 170-173 ◽

pp. 2380-2385

Author(s):

Xiao Min Zhu ◽

Bing Huang ◽

Shu Dong Wang ◽

Jin Long Zheng ◽

Bo Yao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Drainage System ◽

Sewage Water ◽

Management Model ◽

Peak Time ◽

Drainage Network ◽

Efficiency Coefficient ◽

Storm Water Management Model ◽

Drainage Networks ◽

Water Base

A model for simulating combined drainage networks in Chuangfang river basin of Kunming City based on the Storm Water Management Model was established. The type and period of using water base on residential area, marketplace, school area, and guesthouse area Kunming city were introduced into the model, and their infection for drainage system was research. The results show that simulation results of two outlets flow have coherence with monitoring data based two typical rainfall in Kunming, the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient is 0.71-0.82. And the model can be using analyze ‘bottleneck’ nodes and restricting conduits, simulating the running status of drainage network of combined drainage at raining and draining peak time of sewage water. The research provide strong technical support for rebuild drainage network in Kunming or other city.

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Improving the Efficiency of Large-Scale Agent-Based Models Using Compression Techniques

Multidisciplinary Computational Intelligence Techniques ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1830-5.ch018 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 301-326

Author(s):

Mitchell Welch ◽

Paul Kwan ◽

A.S.M. Sajeev ◽

Graeme Garner

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Agent Based Models ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Livestock Disease ◽

Interacting Agents ◽

National Model ◽

Complex Phenomena ◽

Modelling System

Agent-based modelling is becoming a widely used approach for simulating complex phenomena. By making use of emergent behaviour, agent based models can simulate systems right down to the most minute interactions that affect a system’s behaviour. In order to capture the level of detail desired by users, many agent based models now contain hundreds of thousands and even millions of interacting agents. The scale of these models makes them computationally expensive to operate in terms of memory and CPU time, limiting their practicality and use. This chapter details the techniques for applying Dynamic Hierarchical Agent Compression to agent based modelling systems, with the aim of reducing the amount of memory and number of CPU cycles required to manage a set of agents within a model. The scheme outlined extracts the state data stored within a model’s agents and takes advantage of redundancy in this data to reduce the memory required to represent this information. The techniques show how a hierarchical data structure can be used to achieve compression of this data and the techniques for implementing this type of structure within an existing modelling system. The chapter includes a case study that outlines the practical considerations related to the application of this scheme to Australia’s National Model for Emerging Livestock Disease Threats that is currently being developed.

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Agent-Based Modelling in Multicellular Systems Biology

Data Analytics in Medicine ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch020 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 369-389

Author(s):

Sara Montagna ◽

Andrea Omicini

Keyword(s):

Developmental Biology ◽

Drosophila Melanogaster ◽

Systems Biology ◽

Computational Models ◽

The Self ◽

Agent Based Simulation ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Multi Agent

This chapter aims at discussing the content of multi-agent based simulation (MABS) applied to computational biology i.e., to modelling and simulating biological systems by means of computational models, methodologies, and frameworks. In particular, the adoption of agent-based modelling (ABM) in the field of multicellular systems biology is explored, focussing on the challenging scenarios of developmental biology. After motivating why agent-based abstractions are critical in representing multicellular systems behaviour, MABS is discussed as the source of the most natural and appropriate mechanism for analysing the self-organising behaviour of systems of cells. As a case study, an application of MABS to the development of Drosophila Melanogaster is finally presented, which exploits the ALCHEMIST platform for agent-based simulation.

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Compensatory alternatives for flooding control in urban areas with tidal influence in Recife - PE

RBRH ◽

10.1590/2318-0331.011716040 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Marcos Antonio Barbosa da Silva Junior ◽

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Simone Rosa da Silva ◽

Jaime Joaquim da Silva Pereira Cabral ◽

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Drainage System ◽

Infiltration Rate ◽

Urban Drainage ◽

Drainage Network ◽

Storm Water Management Model ◽

Recurrence Period ◽

Detention Tank ◽

Swmm Model ◽

Two Alternatives

ABSTRACT This paper presents a study of compensatory alternatives in urban drainage, using SWMM model (Storm Water Management Model), for the critical point of flooding in an urban area and vulnerable to tide fluctuations, located in Recife. For this, we used the registered information of the micro-drainage network and defined the parameters and variables required for modeling, such as: the subareas of contribution to the drainage system, indicating the percentage of soil waterproofing, equivalent width, slope, and infiltration rate; project rain; and tide curve. Two alternatives were simulated after the model has been calibrated. The first, which is an adaptation of the drainage network, presented maximum reductions in the volume of flooding of 37% for the events with recurrence period of two years and of 58% for five years of recurrence. The second, based on the deployment of a detention tank in the existing network, presented satisfactory results for the event of two years and reduced approximately 38% for events of five years. The results showed that there was a reduction in the area of flooding for the conditions simulated. However, the first alternative would not solve the local flooding problems, it would only attenuate and would increase the overload of the drainage pipes downstream of the modified system, while the second alternative could solve the problem of flooding, with the occurrence of an event of two years.

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