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Increasing numbers of pipeline breakdown experienced by utilities undoubtedly raise alarms concerning the anticipated failure consequences. Seemingly mild, these consequences can however, fluctuate to severe or fatal, especially in high risk locations. Utility personnel are therefore pressured to employ up-to-par operational policies in attempt to minimize possible fatalities. This however, may be overwhelming considering inherent uncertainties that make it difficult to understand and adapt these consequences into utilities’ risk management structure. One way of handling such uncertainties is through the use of Bayesian Networks (BNs), which can comfortably combine supplementary information and knowledge. In this paper therefore, we present an overview of the causes and impacts of pipeline failure. We aggregate and classify failure consequences in a select high risk zone into four indexes; and finally, we outline how BNs can accommodate these indexes for pipeline failure prediction modeling. These indexes function as effective surrogate inputs where data is unavailable.
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Ogutu, A.G., Kogeda, O.P., Lall, M. (2018). Classification of Water Pipeline Failure Consequence Index in High-Risk Zones: A Study of South African Dolomitic Land. In: Bissyande, T., Sie, O. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Develo** Countries. AFRICOMM 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 208. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_15
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