Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New Flood Prediction Technology Simulates Rivers 100x Faster Than Real Time




Researchers from IBM and the University of Texas at Austin have applied advanced analytics to river systems, weather and sensor data, to predict river behavior more than a hundred times the normal speed.

The system simulates thousands of branches at a time. The technology has many applications including HAZUS "what if" scenarios.

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