Efficiency measurement of bridge maintenance using data envelopment analysis

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Ozbek, Mehmet Egemen ^a   de la Garza, Jesús M ^b   Triantis, Konstantinos ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench marks; Benchmarks; Bridge maintenance; Bridges; Data analysis; Decision making; Decision making; Efficiency; Maintenance; Measurement

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKS; BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKERS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MAINTENANCE MEASUREMENT; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; ROAD MAINTENANCE; VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MAINTAINABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS;

DECISION MAKING;

BENCHMARKING; BRIDGE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MAINTENANCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77950615304     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2010)16:1(31)     Document Type: Article

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