Condition rating model for underground infrastructure sustainable water mains

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-135

  Al Barqawi, Hassan ^a   Zayed, Tarek ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Models; Rehabilitation; Underground structure; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ENGINEERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EMPLOY MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE WATER MAINS;

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

EID: 33646167815     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:2(126)     Document Type: Article

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