Title
Automated detection of unusual soil moisture probe response patterns with association rule learning.
Abstract
In-situ field monitoring networks generate vast quantities of continuous data can help to improve the design, management, operation and maintenance of Green Infrastructure (GI) systems. However, such actions require efficient and reliable quality assurance quality control (QAQC). In this paper, we develop a rule-based learning algorithm involving Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) to investigate the feasibility of detecting anomalous responses from soil moisture probes using data collected from a GI site in Milwaukee, WI. As an enhancement to traditional QAQC methods which rely on individual time steps, this method converts the continuous time series into event sequences from which response patterns can be detected. Association rules are developed on both environmental features and event features. The results suggest that this method could be used to identify abnormal change patterns as compared to intra-site historical observations. Though developed for soil moisture, this method could easily be extended to apply on other continuous environmental datasets.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.04.001
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
QAQC,Association rule learning,Green infrastructure,Anomalous pattern detection,Dynamic time warping
Data mining,Dynamic time warping,Computer science,Association rule learning,Water content,Green infrastructure,Change patterns,Management science,Quality assurance
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
105
1364-8152
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ziwen Yu100.34
Alex Bedig200.34
Franco Montalto300.34
Marcus Quigley400.34