The impact of sensor placement on graph-neural-network-based leakage detection
arXiv cs.LG / 2026/3/26
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要点
- The paper examines how the choice and arrangement of sensor locations affect the accuracy of graph-neural-network (GNN) based leakage detection in water distribution systems.
- It shows that GNN performance for tasks like pressure reconstruction and prediction—and ultimately leak detection—can vary strongly depending on sensor measurements and sensor configuration.
- The authors introduce a PageRank-Centrality-based sensor placement strategy designed to improve measurement placement for downstream GNN leakage detection.
- Experiments on EPANET Net1 demonstrate that sensor placement can substantially influence reconstruction, prediction, and leak detection results.
- The work frames sensor placement as a critical design variable when deploying GNN leakage detection in real water-utility contexts, not just a data-collection detail.



