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Unsupervised Graph-Based Deep Clustering for Optimal Monitoring Point Placement in Urban Drainage Networks

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Qi, Yaole
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Qiang Li *
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Guofu Cao
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李刚 (Gang Li)
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Lei Zhang
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Bo Yang
DOI:10.1002/eng2.70544delete
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The optimal placement of monitoring points in urban drainage networks is critical for operational efficiency, yet traditional methods suffer from high costs and redundancy. To address this, we propose a novel unsupervised framework that integrates a graph convolutional network for topological feature extraction with a structured deep clustering network to identify critical monitoring zones without requiring labeled data. On both a self-collected dataset and the public C-Town benchmark, the model demonstrated high performance, achieving over 94% clustering accuracy against expert-defined labels and identifying functional network zones with high precision. This high-precision clustering yields significant operational improvements: the number of required monitoring points was reduced by over 40% while critical node coverage increased to over 90%. This optimized layout also enhanced monitoring reliability by over 8% and shortened pollution event response times by nearly 36%, offering a scalable, data-driven solution for intelligent and efficient urban water management.
Keywords:
drainage networks
graph convolutional networks
monitoring point optimization
structured deep clustering
unsupervised learning
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