VisWaterNet: Visualization of Water Distribution Networks
VisWaterNet: Visualization of Water Distribution Networks
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VisWaterNet：供水网络的可视化
DOI：
10.1061/9780784484852.097
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Sela, Lina
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作者：
Thomas, Meghna;Trimble, Tyler;Sela, Lina
许多从事配水系统工作的研究人员和工程师都需要对这些系统进行建模、仿真、分析和可视化。一些开源工具，如EPANET和Python软件包WNTR，允许用户在一系列不同条件下对配水系统模型进行长期模拟和分析。然而，虽然这些工具提供基本的可视化功能，但它们的灵活性和功能有限。在这里，我们介绍了VisWaterNet，一个Python软件包，它可以实现明确和可定制的可视化选项，专门针对配水网络模型。VisWaterNet为用户提供了简单的功能，可以绘制模拟结果和系统节点的固有特性（例如， 压力和需求）和链接（例如， 流量和管道直径）。该软件包允许可视化的单时间步模拟数据，以及数据总结了较长的时间。用户可以指定数据是否应该以连续的方式用颜色条表示，或者作为带有图例的离散值表示，并且还可以绘制可以独立生成或导入的分类数据。此外，该软件包还包含一个动画生成功能，用于显示网络属性（如节点需求或链路水头损失）随时间的变化。VisWaterNet包含突出其功能的脚本，以及演示如何将功能结合应用以创建照明图的应用程序。例如，该软件包可用于显示可能的传感器放置位置，突出显示整个网络中化学物质的浓度，或呈现模型模拟输出的统计摘要。我们工作的结果是一个简化的，用户友好的包，便于创建整洁，易于理解的图，以帮助研究人员和从业人员在交流设计和分析应用的结果。
Many researchers and engineers working with water distribution systems have the need to model, simulate, analyze, and visualize these systems. Several open-source tools, such as EPANET and the Python package WNTR, allow users to perform extended period simulations and analysis of water distribution system models under a range of different conditions. However, while these tools provide basic visualization functionality, they are limited in their flexibility and capabilities. Here, we present VisWaterNet, a Python package that enables clear and customizable visualization options specifically catered toward water distribution network models. VisWaterNet provides users with straightforward functions to plot simulation results and intrinsic characteristics of system nodes (e.g., pressure and demand) and links (e.g., flow rate and pipe diameter) by customizing the size and color of network elements. The package allows for the visualization of single time step simulation data as well as data summarized over extended periods. Users may specify if data should be represented in continuous fashion with a color bar or as discrete values with an accompanying legend, and can also plot categorical data that may be generated or imported independently. Furthermore, this package includes a function to produce animations that display changes of network properties, such as nodal demand or link head loss, over time. VisWaterNet includes scripts that highlight its functionalities, as well as applications that demonstrate how functions can be applied in conjunction to create illuminating plots. For example, the package can be used to display possible sensor placement locations, highlight the concentration of a chemical species throughout the network, or present statistical summaries of model simulation outputs. The result of our work is a streamlined, user-friendly package that facilitates the creation of neat, comprehensible plots to aid researchers and practitioners in communicating results of applications of design and analysis.
用于 EPANET 模拟的 R 包
影响因子：
4.9
作者：
E. Arandia;B. Eck
通讯作者：
B. Eck