Accelerating Urban Drainage Simulations
A Data-Efficient GNN Metamodel for SWMM Flowrates
J.A. Garzón Díaz (TU Delft - Sanitary Engineering)
Zoran Kapelan (TU Delft - Sanitary Engineering)
J.G. Langeveld (Partners4UrbanWater, TU Delft - Sanitary Engineering)
Riccardo Taormina (TU Delft - Sanitary Engineering)
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Abstract
Computational models for water resources often experience slow execution times, limiting their application. Metamodels, especially those based on machine learning, offer a promising alternative. Our research extends a prior Graph Neural Network (GNN) metamodel for the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), which efficiently learns with less data and generalizes to new UDS sections via transfer learning. We extend the metamodel’s functioning by adding flowrate prediction, crucial for assessing water quality and flooding risks. Using an Encoder–Processor–Decoder architecture, the metamodel displays high accuracy on the simulated time series. Future work is aimed at incorporating more physical principles and testing further transferability.
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