APPROACH TO CLUSTERING COSTS AND LOSSES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF WATER NETWORK FAILURE

The availability of the gas supply system safety concerns the crucial issue in gas infrastructure operation and management. In recent years, the observed development of gas supply system does not protect against the failure occurrence of the gas network. Gas network requires proper analysis of its functioning, as it forms a complex system. Gas companies are responsible for supplying gas to consumers in reliable and safe way. In the paper the approach to failure cost and losses assessment with implementation of clustering analysis was presented. Such comparison can be helpful in costs assessment in different distribution gas systems. The analysis, was based on the operational data obtained from the gas companies.

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