Condition evaluation of existing reinforced concrete bridges using fuzzy based analytic hierarchy approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1430-1443

  Sasmal, Saptarshi ^a   Ramanjaneyulu, K ^a  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Bridge elements; Condition rating; Fuzzy synthesis; Multi Attributive Decision Making; Priority ranking

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BRIDGES; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PAPER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; CASE STUDIES; CODAL PROVISIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONDITION ASSESSMENT (CA); DECISION MAKING TOOLS; ELSEVIER (CO); EVALUATION CRITERIONS; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; POLICY MAKERS; PRIORITIZATION; REHABILITATION (CONSTRUCTION); REINFORCED CONCRETE (RC) BRIDGES; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 45149101060     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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