Optimizing inspection policies for buried municipal pipe infrastructure

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-352

  Osman, Hesham ^a   Atef, Ahmed ^a   Moselhi, Osama ^b  

^a NILE UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Infrastructure management; Optimization; Technology assessment; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGERS; COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HAMILTONS; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES; INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENTS; INSPECTION INTERVALS; INSPECTION POLICIES; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; NETWORK LEVEL; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; SEWER PIPES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; VALUE OF INFORMATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INSPECTION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

PIPE;

EID: 84862119376     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000216     Document Type: Article

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