Markovian models for bridge maintenance management

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 37-51

  Scherer, William T ^a   Glagola, Douglas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Adroit Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATE SPACE METHODS;

BRIDGE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; MARKOVIAN DECISION PROCESS (MDP);

BRIDGES;

EID: 0028312517     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1994)120:1(37)     Document Type: Article

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