Infrastructure management: Integrated AHP/ANN model to evaluate municipal water mains' performance

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-318

  Al Barqawi, Hassan ^a   Zayed, Tarek ^b  

^a EPCOR Water Services   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Deterioration; Infrastructure; Neural networks; Rehabilitation; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BACKPROPAGATION; DECISION THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; VEGETATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHIES; AND MODELS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; CANADA; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENTS; INTEGRATED MODELS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS; MUNICIPAL WATERS; ONTARIO; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION PLANNING; ROBUST MODELS; UNITED STATES; WATER MAINS; WATER SYSTEMS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 56549108548     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2008)14:4(305)     Document Type: Article

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