Development of the transition matrix calculator

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Costello, S B ^a   Ortiz Garcia J J ^b   Snaith, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Markov theory; Optimisation; Pavement deterioration; Pavement management; Probabilistic models; Transition matrices

Indexed keywords

MARKOV THEORY; OPTIMISATIONS; PAVEMENT DETERIORATION; PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; TRANSITION MATRICES;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DETERIORATION; ENGINEERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PAVEMENTS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 80053400929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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