Model uncertainty and the management of a system of infrastructure facilities

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 391-404

  Kuhn, Kenneth D ^a   Madanat, Samer M ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic uncertainty; Infrastructure management; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FACILITIES; MAINTENANCE; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REPAIR;

EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT; MARKOV DECISION PROBLEM;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MARKOV CHAIN; MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33646808628     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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