Vahid Nourani

Prof. Dr. Vahid Nourani

Center of Excellence in Hydroinformatics and Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2014 in Journal of Hydrology
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Vahid NouraniVahid Nourani
Vahid Nourani
ABAida Hosseini Baghanam
Aida Hosseini Baghanam
JAJan Adamowski
Jan Adamowski
Ozgur KisiOzgur Kisi
Ozgur Kisi

1 May 2019 in Journal of Hydrology
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TRTaher Rajaee
Taher Rajaee
HEHadi Ebrahimi
Hadi Ebrahimi
Vahid NouraniVahid Nourani
Vahid Nourani

3 February 2009 in Water Resources Management
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Vahid Nourani
MKMehdi Komasi
Mehdi Komasi
AMAkira Mano
Akira Mano

1 May 2011 in Journal of Hydrology
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Vahid NouraniVahid Nourani
Vahid Nourani
Ozgur KisiOzgur Kisi
Ozgur Kisi
MKMehdi Komasi
Mehdi Komasi

20 November 2018 in Water Science & Technology
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Vahid Nourani
GEGozen Elkiran
Gozen Elkiran
SAS. I. Abba
S. I. Abba
In the present study, three different Artificial Intelligence based non-linear models i.e., Feed Forward Neural Network (FFNN), Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Support Vector Machine (SVM) approaches and a classical Multi-Linear Regression (MLR) method were applied for predicting the performance of Nicosia wastewater treatment plant (NWWTP), in terms of effluent Biological Oxygen Demand (BODeff), Chemical Oxygen Demand (CODeff) and Total Nitrogen (TNeff). The daily data were used to develop single and ensemble models to improve the prediction ability of the methods. The obtained results of single models proved that, ANFIS model provides effective outcomes in comparison with single models. In the ensemble modeling, simple averaging ensemble, weighted averaging ensemble and neural network ensemble techniques were proposed subsequently to improve the performance of the single models. The results showed that in prediction of BODeff, the ensemble models of simple averaging ensemble (SAE), weighted averaging ensemble (WAE) and neural network ensemble (NNE), increased the performance efficiency of Artificial Intelligence (AI) modeling up to 14%, 20% and 24% at verification phase, respectively and less than or equal to 5% for both CODeff and TNeff in calibration phase. This shows that, NNE model is more robust and reliable ensemble method for predicting the NWWTP performance due to its non-linear averaging kernel.

1 April 2009 in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
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Vahid Nourani
MAMohammad T. Alami
Mohammad T. Alami
MAMohammad H. Aminfar
Mohammad H. Aminfar