Model Induction from Data

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Model Induction from Data

Towards the next generation of computational engines in hydraulics and hydrology

Hydrology and the hydrosphere Hydraulic engineering Machine learning

Author: Y.B. Dibike

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Language: English

Published by: CRC Press

Published on: 2nd February 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040896426


Introduction

There has been an explosive growth of methods in recent years for learning (or estimating dependency) from data, where data refers to known samples that are combinations of inputs and corresponding outputs of a given physical system.

Subject of the Thesis

The main subject addressed in this thesis is model induction from data for the simulation of hydrodynamic processes in the aquatic environment.

Artificial Neural Network Architectures

Firstly, some currently popular artificial neural network architectures are introduced, and it is then argued that these devices can be regarded as domain knowledge incapsulators by applying the method to the generation of wave equations from hydraulic data and showing how the equations of numerical-hydraulic models can, in their turn, be recaptured using artificial neural networks.

Applications of Neural Networks

The book also demonstrates how artificial neural networks can be used to generate numerical operators on non-structured grids for the simulation of hydrodynamic processes in two-dimensional flow systems and a methodology has been derived for developing generic hydrodynamic models using artificial neural network.

Support Vector Machine

The book also highlights one other model induction technique, namely that of support vector machine, as an emerging new method with a potential to provide more robust models.

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