Browsing by Author "Poch Espallargas, Manel"

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    • A logic-based environmental decision support system for the management of horizontal subsurface constructed wetlands 

      Garcia Gasulla, Dario; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Nieves Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Turon, Clàudia (2012-04-02)
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      The use of Horizontal Subsurface Constructed Wetlands (HSCWs) for treating wastewaters in small communities has increased in the last years due to HSCW’s ecological singularities. Unfortunately, the same singularities ...

    • A norm-aware multi-agent system for social simulations in a river basin 

      Gómez Sebastià, Ignasi; Oliva Felipe, Luís Javier; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Verdaguer, Marta; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Rodríguez Roda, Ignasi; Vázquez Salceda, Javier (Springer, 2017)
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      Wastewater management is a complex task involving a wide range of technical environmental and social factors. Furthermore, it typically requires the coordination of a heterogeneous society of actors with different goals. ...

    • Addressing the evaluation of EDSS-maintenance 

      Turon, Clàudia; Comas Matas, Joaquim; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Poch Espallargas, Manel (2006)
      Conference report
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      Daily operation and maintenance tasks are needed to guarantee the correct performance of constructed wetlands. The definition of these activities is a complex task since these actions vary according to the characteristics ...

    • Assessing urban water demand-side management policies before their implementation: An agent-based model approach 

      Vidal Lamolla, Pol; Molinos Senante, María; Oliva Felipe, Luis Javier; Álvarez Napagao, Sergio; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Martínez Gomariz, Eduardo; Noriega Blanco Vigil, Pablo Cayetano; Olsson, Gustaf; Poch Espallargas, Manel (Elsevier, 2024-07-15)
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      In the context of climate change and increasing water scarcity, adopting water demand-side management (DSM) policies has become necessary. This study advocates for utilizing agent-based modelling (ABM) as a robust simulation ...

    • Comparison of optimisation algorithms for centralised anaerobic co-digestion in a real river basin case study in Catalonia 

      Palma Heredia, David; Verdaguer Planas, Marta; Puig Cayuela, Vicenç; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Cugueró Escofet, Miquel Àngel (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-03-01)
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      Anaerobic digestion (AnD) is a process that allows the conversion of organic waste into a source of energy such as biogas, introducing sustainability and circular economy in waste treatment. AnD is an intricate process ...

    • Crossing the death valley to transfer environmental decision support systems to the water market 

      Poch Espallargas, Manel; Comas Matas, Joaquim; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel; Rodriguez-Roda, Ignasi (2017-04-10)
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      Environmental decision support systems (EDSSs) are attractive tools to cope with the complexity of environmental global challenges. Several thoughtful reviews have analyzed EDSSs to identify the key challenges and best ...

    • Decisions on urban water systems: some support 

      Poch Espallargas, Manel; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Comas Matas, Joaquim; Rodríguez Roda, Ignasi; Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel (Universitat de Girona (UdG). Servei de Publicacions, 2012-09-01)
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      “Water is a scarce resource and its management has to be as effective as possible”. Most of us would certainly agree with this fine sounding phrase. But developing it and putting it into practice is not easy. Firstly, ...

    • Implementation of a decision support system for sewage sludge management 

      Palma Heredia, David; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Cugueró Escofet, Miquel Àngel (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-10-31)
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      In this work, a decision support system (DSS) coupled with wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) simulator tool that uses a hierarchical set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide an assessment of the performance of ...

    • Modeling the input-output behaviour of wastewater treatment plants using soft computing techniques 

      Belanche Muñoz, Luis Antonio; Valdes Ramos, Julio José; Comas Matas, Joaquim; Rodriguez Roda, Ignasi; Poch Espallargas, Manel (1998)
      Conference report
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      Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) control and prediction under a wide range of operating conditions is an important goal in order to avoid breaking of environmental balance, keep the system in stable operating conditions ...

    • Optimised blending for anaerobic co-digestion using ant colony approach: Besòs river basin case study 

      Palma Heredia, David; Verdaguer, Marta; Molinos Senante, María; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Cugueró Escofet, Miquel Àngel (2021-05)
      Article
      Open Access
      Co-digestion is a well-established strategy to maximise the capacity of anaerobic digestion in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Many tools have been developed to optimise the blend composition. However, the logistics ...

    • Reasoning about river basins: WaWO+ revisited 

      Oliva Felipe, Luís Javier; Gómez Sebastià, Ignasi; Verdaguer, M.; Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises (Elsevier, 2017-03-01)
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      This paper characterizes part of an interdisciplinary research effort on Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and tools applied to Environmental Decision-Support Systems (EDSS). WaWO+ the ontology we present here, ...

    • The digital revolution in the urban water cycle and its ethical–political implications: a critical perspective 

      Popartan, Lucia Alexandra; Cortés Martínez, Atia; Garrido Baserba, Manel; Verdaguer Planas, Marta; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Gibert, Karina (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-02-28)
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      The development and application of new forms of automation and monitoring, data mining, and the use of AI data sources and knowledge management tools in the water sector has been compared to a ‘digital revolution’. The ...

    • The fourth-revolution in the water sector encounters the digital revolution 

      Garrido Baserba, Manel; Corominas Tabares, Lluis; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Rosso, Diego; Poch Espallargas, Manel (2020-03-10)
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      The so-called fourth revolution in the water sector will encounter the Big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. The current data surplus stemming from all types of devices together with the relentless increase ...

    • The organisational structure of an agent-based model for the management of wastewater systems 

      Oliva Felipe, Luis Javier; Verdaguer, Marta; Poch Espallargas, Manel; Vázquez Salceda, Javier; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises (2021-04-30)
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      Open Access
      Water managers have to deal with complex problems due to the intertwined characteristics of processes, in particular those that occur in wastewater systems. Existing modelling approaches are usually centred in the physical, ...

    • Towards a model of input-output behaviour of wastewater treatment plants using soft computing techniques 

      Belanche Muñoz, Luis Antonio; Valdés Ramos, Julio José; Comas Matas, Joaquim; Rodriguez Roda, Ignasi; Poch Espallargas, Manel (Elsevier, 1999-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) control and prediction under a wide range of operating conditions is an important goal in order to avoid breaking of environmental balance, keeping the system in stable operating conditions ...