Learning from data for aquatic and geotechnical environments : dissertaion submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for the Doctorate of Delft University of Technology and the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education for the degree of doctor : to be defended in public on Friday, 9 September 2005 at 10:30 hours : in Delft, The Netherlands / Biswanath Bhattacharya.

Thesis (doctoral)--Delft University, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-251)

-- 1. Introduction -- 2. Learning tasks and methods -- 3. Unsupervised learning in segmentation problems -- 4. Learning classification in geotechnical problems -- 5. Learning regression in sedimentation problems -- 6. Learning to control water systems -- 7. Conclusions and recommendations.