Fuzzy set approach to condition assessments of novel sustainable pavements in the Canadian climate

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 754-764

  Golroo, Amir ^a   Tighe, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; Pavement condition index; Pervious concrete pavement

Indexed keywords

CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CONDITION INDEX; FUZZY CONDITIONS; FUZZY REPRESENTATIONS; FUZZY SET TECHNIQUES; ONTARIO; PAVEMENT CONDITION; PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX; PAVEMENT STRUCTURES; PERVIOUS CONCRETE; PERVIOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT; RANKING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE-VALUE; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; FUZZY SETS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PAVEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 67649819238     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-025     Document Type: Article

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