Water main break predictions:how good old statistics still help in the age of AI

Thursday, August 29- 9:00 AM - “Water main break predictions: how good old statistics still help in the age of AI”

This presentation demonstrates how simple but rigorous descriptive statistics can bring transparency to AI-generated results, and, ultimately, assist all the stakeholders that apply or use LOF when making costly R&R decisions.

Descriptive statistics provide a snapshot of the physical condition of the distribution system over time; which factors contribute to its degradation; they also help evaluate the performance of the past replacement decisions.