Optimization of inspection and maintenance decisions for infrastructure facilities under performance model uncertainty: A quasi-Bayes approach

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1074-1085

  Durango Cohen, Pablo L ^a   Madanat, Samer M ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Finite mixtures; Infrastructure; Quasi Bayes; Stochastic models; Systems management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DETERIORATION; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; FINITE MIXTURES; INFRASTRUCTURE; QUASI-BAYES; SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 49349091258     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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