A comparison of neural network, evidential reasoning and multiple regression analysis in modelling bridge risks

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-348

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a,b   Elhag, Taha M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Bridge risk assessment; Multiple regression analysis; Performance measurement; The evidential reasoning approach

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMAL LOGIC; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRIDGE RISK ASSESSMENT; EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT;

BRIDGES;

EID: 33750437220     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.11.029     Document Type: Article

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