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      Active Contamination Detection in Water-Distribution Systems 

      Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Lifshitz, Ron; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M.; Ostfeld, Avi (2020)
      In this paper, we propose a novel methodology for altering the area monitored by water quality sensors in water distribution systems (WDS) when there is suspicion of a contamination event. The proposed active contamination ...
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      COMOB: A MATLAB toolbox for sensor placement and contaminant event monitoring in multi-zone buildings 

      Kyriacou, Alexis; Michaelides, Michalis P.; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Panayiotou, Christos G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2019)
      The monitoring of the indoor air quality against the presence of contaminant sources is of paramount importance since it directly influences the occupants comfort, productivity, health and safety. Various approaches exist ...
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      Improving Contamination Detectability in Water Distribution Systems using Active Fault Detection 

      Lifshitz, Ron; Ostfeld, Avi; Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2018)
      Contamination  event  detection  in  Water  Distribution  Systems  (WDS)  is  an  important  part  of  the overall  procedures  followed by  operators  to  ensure  the  delivery  of  safe  drinking  water  to consumers. ...
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      Iterative Hydraulic Interval State Estimation for Water Distribution Networks 

      Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Timotheou, Stelios; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2019)
      State estimation of hydraulics (i.e., pressure and flows) in water distribution networks is an important tool for efficient and resilient operation. However, hydraulic state estimation is a challenging task in practice due ...
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      Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems Using Hydraulic Interval State Estimation 

      Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2018)
      This work develops a new algorithm based on interval hydraulic state estimation for leakage detection in urban water distribution systems using pressure sensors and smart meters. The proposed approach takes into consideration ...
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      LeakDB : A benchmark dataset for leakage diagnosis in water distribution networks 

      Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Kyriakou, Marios S.; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2018)
      The increase of streaming data from water utilities is enabling the development of real-time anomaly and fault detection algorithms that can detect events, such as pipe bursts and leakages. Currently, there is not a widely ...
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      Real-time hydraulic interval state estimation for water transport networks: a case study 

      Vrachimis, Stelios G.; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2018)
      <p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Hydraulic state estimation in water distribution networks is the task of estimating water flows and pressures in the pipes and nodes of the network based on some sensor measurements. This ...
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      Reducing Vulnerability to Cyber-Physical Attacks in Water Distribution Networks 

      Nicolaou, Nicolas; Eliades, Demetrios G.; Panayiotou, Christos; Polycarpou, Marios M. (2018)
      Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), such as Water Distribution Networks (WDNs), deploy digital devices to monitor and control the behavior of physical processes. These digital devices, however, are susceptible to cyber and ...