{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2042424475","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","title":"Energy cost optimization in water distribution systems using Markov Decision Processes","display_name":"Energy cost optimization in water distribution systems using Markov Decision Processes","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2042424475","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","mag":"2042424475"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 International Green Computing Conference Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019816953","display_name":"Paulo Thiago Fracasso","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-1777"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I17974374","display_name":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo","ror":"https://ror.org/036rp1748","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paulo Thiago Fracasso","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil","Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sa\u0303o Paulo, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sa\u0303o Paulo, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109841514","display_name":"Frank S. Barnes","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I188538660","display_name":"University of Colorado Boulder","ror":"https://ror.org/02ttsq026","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Frank Stephenson Barnes","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA","University of Colorado  Boulder CO USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Colorado  Boulder CO USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069264027","display_name":"Anna Helena Reali Costa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7309-4528"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I17974374","display_name":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo","ror":"https://ror.org/036rp1748","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anna Helena Reali Costa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil","Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sa\u0303o Paulo, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sa\u0303o Paulo, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I17974374"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11220","display_name":"Water Systems and Optimization","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11220","display_name":"Water Systems and Optimization","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12697","display_name":"Water Quality Monitoring Technologies","score":0.9657999873161316,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2312","display_name":"Water Science and Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11119","display_name":"Urban Stormwater Management Solutions","score":0.9599000215530396,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electricity","display_name":"Electricity","score":0.639681339263916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-economics","display_name":"Environmental economics","score":0.5705748200416565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-decision-process","display_name":"Markov decision process","score":0.5634523034095764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/water-scarcity","display_name":"Water scarcity","score":0.5610522627830505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5270362496376038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-process","display_name":"Markov process","score":0.3740138113498688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-analysis","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","score":0.3718456029891968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/water-resources","display_name":"Water resources","score":0.36169761419296265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-science","display_name":"Environmental science","score":0.36099618673324585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.2599826455116272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1967925727367401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.12865808606147766}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206658404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12725","display_name":"Electricity","level":2,"score":0.639681339263916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134560507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753291","display_name":"Environmental economics","level":1,"score":0.5705748200416565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106189395","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176789","display_name":"Markov decision process","level":3,"score":0.5634523034095764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51193700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5376358","display_name":"Water scarcity","level":3,"score":0.5610522627830505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5270362496376038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159886148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov process","level":2,"score":0.3740138113498688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3718456029891968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153823671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049799","display_name":"Water resources","level":2,"score":0.36169761419296265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.36099618673324585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.2599826455116272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1967925727367401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.12865808606147766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igcc.2013.6604516","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 International Green Computing Conference Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","score":0.4399999976158142,"display_name":"Clean water and sanitation"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322025","display_name":"Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00edfico e Tecnol\u00f3gico","ror":"https://ror.org/03swz6y49"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332538","display_name":"University of Colorado Boulder","ror":"https://ror.org/02ttsq026"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W193748126","https://openalex.org/W280541694","https://openalex.org/W413481043","https://openalex.org/W1159622284","https://openalex.org/W1532858058","https://openalex.org/W1981636943","https://openalex.org/W1984169789","https://openalex.org/W2028145673","https://openalex.org/W2028173167","https://openalex.org/W2028451820","https://openalex.org/W2053216094","https://openalex.org/W2087092701","https://openalex.org/W2098511503","https://openalex.org/W2101786389","https://openalex.org/W2121863487","https://openalex.org/W2318298354","https://openalex.org/W2321292752","https://openalex.org/W2334782222","https://openalex.org/W2341171179","https://openalex.org/W2580971017","https://openalex.org/W6610152932"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4292882446","https://openalex.org/W4304943957","https://openalex.org/W1502793112","https://openalex.org/W4213214852","https://openalex.org/W2032167419","https://openalex.org/W1995434849","https://openalex.org/W2377065203","https://openalex.org/W187740018","https://openalex.org/W2162286586","https://openalex.org/W4255368532"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0,50],"major":[1],"concern":[2],"for":[3,20,25,110,116],"much":[4],"of":[5,12,89,137,144],"the":[6,10,23,35,86,112,118,135,142,145,153],"world":[7],"today":[8],"is":[9,66,108],"scarcity":[11],"potable":[13],"water":[14,21,45,73,90,119,130],"and":[15,22,58,115,132],"energy.":[16,49],"The":[17],"rising":[18],"demand":[19],"need":[24],"more":[26,69],"electricity":[27,87,113],"to":[28,34,40,43,52,67,84],"transport":[29],"it,":[30],"from":[31],"remote":[32],"sources":[33],"consumers,":[36],"are":[37],"pushing":[38],"humanity":[39],"find":[41],"ways":[42],"save":[44],"as":[46,48],"well":[47],"way":[51],"deal":[53],"with":[54],"those":[55],"two":[56],"problems":[57],"that":[59,105],"also":[60,133],"possess":[61],"an":[62],"encouraging":[63],"financial":[64],"return":[65],"have":[68],"efficient":[70],"operations":[71],"in":[72,100,121,152],"distribution":[74,147],"systems.":[75],"In":[76],"this":[77],"paper":[78],"we":[79],"propose":[80],"a":[81,101,122],"novel":[82],"framework":[83],"optimize":[85],"cost":[88],"utility":[91],"companies":[92],"using":[93],"Markov":[94],"Decision":[95],"Processes.":[96],"We":[97],"report":[98],"experiments":[99],"small-sized":[102],"city":[103],"demonstrating":[104],"our":[106],"methodology":[107],"effective":[109],"reducing":[111,150],"expenses":[114],"keeping":[117],"pressure":[120],"controlled":[123],"range.":[124],"This":[125],"new":[126],"technique":[127],"will":[128],"prevent":[129],"outages":[131],"minimizes":[134],"risk":[136],"pipe":[138],"rupture,":[139],"besides":[140],"increasing":[141],"reliability":[143],"entire":[146],"system":[148],"by":[149],"inefficiencies":[151],"operation.":[154]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-15T18:14:33.161393","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}