A decision support system for concrete bridge deck maintenance

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-210

  Yehia, Sherif ^a   Abudayyeh, Osama ^a   Fazal, Imran ^a,b   Randolph, Dennis ^c  

^a Western Michigan University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c Calhoun County Community Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete bridge deck; Decision support system; DSS; Maintenance; Repair methods

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; ENGINEERS; MAINTENANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 36749054089     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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