Evidential reasoning approach for bridge condition assessment

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 689-699

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

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief degree; Bridge condition rating; Evidential reasoning approach; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CONDITION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BELIEF DEGREE; BRIDGE CONDITION RATING; EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACH;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 34248547175     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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