Optimization of management strategies applied to the national reinforced concrete bridge stock in France

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 355-366

  Orcesi, André D ^a   Cremona, Christian F ^a  

^a Structures Durability Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Bridge stock management; Markov chains; Optimization; Reinforced concrete bridges

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CONDITION RATINGS; DISCRETE MODELS; GENERAL METHOD; HIGHWAYS AGENCY; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MARKOV CHAIN; NON-PARAMETRIC; PREDICTION MODEL; SAFETY LEVEL; STOCK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL QUALITIES; TRANSITION MATRICES;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD BRIDGES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 70449631310     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470701317800     Document Type: Article

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