Predicting system and predicting method configured to predict inflow volume of rainwater

A system configured to predict an inflow volume of rainwater, comprising:

• a rainfall volume measuring unit for measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• a rainfall volume predicting unit for predicting a rainfall volume in a future time period;
• an inflow-volume measuring unit for measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• a model identification unit comprising
• an efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part for calculating a contributing rainfall-volume to an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into the objective facility, based on preceding rainfall and a non-linear model,
• a linear model for calculating an inflow volume of rainwater from a rainfall volume, and
• a parameter determining part for determining degree and coefficient parameters of the linear model, based on the contributing rainfall-volume calculated by the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part and the inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time measured by the inflow-volume measuring unit;
• an inflow-volume predicting unit for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in a future time period, based on the future rainfall volume predicted by the rainfall volume predicting unit, according to the linear model and parameter determined by the model identification unit;
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• wherein (1) the rainfall volume predicting unit is associated with the rainfall volume measuring unit and the inflow-volume predicting unit, (2) the parameter determining part is associated with the inflow-volume measuring unit, the inflow-volume predicting unit, and the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part, and (3) the rainfall volume measuring unit is associated with the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part.

A system configured to predict an inflow volume of rainwater, comprising:

• a rainfall volume measuring unit for measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• an inflow-volume measuring unit for measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• a model identification unit having
• a nonlinear model for calculating an inflow volume of rainwater from a rainfall volume, and
• a parameter determining part for determining degree and coefficient parameters of the nonlinear model, based on the rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time measured by the rainfall volume measuring unit and the inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time measured by the inflow-volume measuring unit;
• an inflow-volume predicting unit for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in a future time period, based on the rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time measured by the rainfall volume measuring unit, according to the nonlinear model and parameters determined by the model identification unit;
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• wherein (1) the parameter determining part is associated with the inflow-volume predicting unit, the inflow-volume measuring unit, and the rainfall volume measuring unit, and (2) the inflow-volume predicting unit is associated with the rainfall volume measuring unit.

A system configured to predict an inflow volume of rainwater, comprising:

• a rainfall volume measuring unit for measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• an inflow-volume measuring unit for measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• a model identification unit having
• an efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part for calculating a contributing rainfall-volume to an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into the objective facility, based on a preceding rainfall and a nonlinear model,
• a linear model for calculating an inflow volume of rainwater from a rainfall volume, and
• a parameter determining part for determining degree and coefficient parameters of the linear model, based on the contributing rainfall-volume calculated by the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part and the inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time measured by the inflow-volume measuring unit;
• an inflow-volume predicting unit for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in a future time period, based on the rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time measured by the rainfall volume measuring unit, according to the linear model determined by the model identification unit;
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• wherein (1) the parameter determining part is associated with the inflow-volume predicting unit, the inflow-volume measuring unit, and the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part, and (2) the rainfall volume measuring unit is associated with the inflow-volume predicting unit and the efficient-rainfall-volume calculating part.

A method for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into an objective facility comprising:

• measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• predicting a rainfall volume in a future time period using the measured rainfall volume;
• measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• determining degree and coefficient parameters of a nonlinear model based on a rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time and an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time;
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• predicting the inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in the future, based on a predicted future rainfall volume, according to the nonlinear model that includes a neural network model.

A method for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into an objective facility comprising:

• measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• predicting a rainfall volume in a future time period using the measured rainfall volume;
• measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• calculating a contributing rainfall-volume to the inflow volume of rainwater flowing into the objective facility based on the preceding rainfall and a nonlinear model;
• determining degree and coefficient parameters of a linear model, based on the contributing rainfall-volume and an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time;
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• predicting the inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in the future, based on a predicted future rainfall volume, according to the linear model.

A method for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into an objective facility comprising:

• measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• determining degree and coefficient parameters of a nonlinear model, based on a rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time and an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time;
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• predicting the inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in the future, based on the rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time, according to the nonlinear model.

A method for predicting an inflow volume of rainwater flowing into an objective facility comprising:

• measuring a rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time;
• measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time;
• calculating a contributing rainfall-volume to the inflow volume of rainwater flowing into the objective facility based on a preceding rainfall and a nonlinear model;
• determining degree and coefficient parameters of a linear model, based on the contributing rainfall-volume and an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into the objective facility by the present time;
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• predicting the inflow volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in the future, based on a rainfall volume that has fallen by the present time, according to the linear model.

A system configured to predict an inflow-volume of rainwater, comprising:

• a rainfall volume measuring unit for measuring rainfall volume that has fallen by a present time, referred to as rainfall volume data;
• an inflow-volume measuring unit for measuring an inflow volume of rainwater that has flowed into an objective facility by the present time, referred to as inflow-volume data;
• a model identification unit having
• a model for calculating an inflow-volume of rainfall from rainfall volume data, and
• a parameter determining part for determining parameters in the model, based on at least one of the rainfall volume data and the inflow-volume data;
• an inflow-volume predicting unit for predicting an inflow-volume of rainwater that will flow into the objective facility in a future time period, based on the rainfall volume data according to the model and parameters determined by the model identification unit;
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• wherein (1) the parameter determining part is associated with the rainfall-volume measuring unit, the inflow-volume predicting unit, and the inflow-volume measuring unit, and (2) the inflow-volume predicting unit is associated with the rainfall-volume measuring unit.