For sudden drinking water pollution event,reasonable opening or closing valves and hydrants in a water distribution network(WDN),which ensures the isolation and discharge of contaminant as soon as possible,is consider...For sudden drinking water pollution event,reasonable opening or closing valves and hydrants in a water distribution network(WDN),which ensures the isolation and discharge of contaminant as soon as possible,is considered as an effective emergency measure.In this paper,we propose an emergency scheduling algorithm based on evolutionary reinforcement learning(ERL),which can train a good scheduling policy by the combination of the evolutionary computation(EC)and reinforcement learning(RL).Then,the optimal scheduling policy can guide the operation of valves and hydrants in real time based on sensor information,and protect people from the risk of contaminated water.Experiments verify our algorithm can achieve good results and effectively reduce the impact of pollution events.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China(Nos.62073300,U1911205,and 62076225).
文摘For sudden drinking water pollution event,reasonable opening or closing valves and hydrants in a water distribution network(WDN),which ensures the isolation and discharge of contaminant as soon as possible,is considered as an effective emergency measure.In this paper,we propose an emergency scheduling algorithm based on evolutionary reinforcement learning(ERL),which can train a good scheduling policy by the combination of the evolutionary computation(EC)and reinforcement learning(RL).Then,the optimal scheduling policy can guide the operation of valves and hydrants in real time based on sensor information,and protect people from the risk of contaminated water.Experiments verify our algorithm can achieve good results and effectively reduce the impact of pollution events.
