近年来，重点是有意和无意 非接触污染事件和最佳传感器 此外，水务管理人员对网络感兴趣 骨架化问题是因为某种程度的网络 需要简化或聚合才能获得 水力和水质结果及评估 在合理的时间范围内和限制性的 预算。已经开发出一种可以简化的方法 复杂配水系统网络建模 简化后的网络提供了可靠的 压力和污染物浓度的结果。 提出了网络骨架化的方法 这是基于水力和水质 全管道网络的聚合。在这个 研究表明，聚合方法能够减少 系统大小几乎减少了一半，但仍保持不变 可靠模拟方面的系统特性 压力和浓度。 这些结果表明，即使 所有管道网络的聚合表示为 使用可靠的水力和水质结果 可以获得。公用事业管理人员使用简化的 基于所述方法的网络 文章中的可靠性 模拟结果的稳健性尚未得到验证 妥协的。包括22个参考文献、表格和图表。

With the emphasis in recent years on intentional and nonintentional contamination events and optimal sensor placement, water utility managers are interested in network skeletonization issues because some degree of network simplification or aggregation is required to obtain both hydraulic and water quality results and assessment estimates within reasonable time frames and restrictive budgets. A method has been developed that can simplify complex water distribution system network modeling so that the reduced or simplified network provides reliable results for both pressures and contaminant concentrations. The methodology for network skeletonization presented here is based on both hydraulic and water quality aggregation of an all-pipes network. In this research, the aggregation method was capable of reducing system size by almost half, while still preserving system characteristics in terms of reliably simulating pressures and concentrations. These results demonstrated that even when an aggregated representation of an all-pipes network is used, reliable hydraulic and water quality results can be obtained. Utility managers using a reduced network that is based on the methodology described in the article can be confident that the reliability and robustness of simulated results have not been compromised. Includes 22 references, tables, figures.