Optimizing highway maintenance operations: Dynamic considerations

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-238

  Fallah Fini, Saeideh ^a   Rahmandad, Hazhir ^b   Triantis, Konstantinos ^b   de la Garza, Jesus M ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN METHOD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PAVEMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77957163379     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.449     Document Type: Article

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