Condition assessment for bridges: A hierarchical evidential reasoning (HER) framework

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 648-666

  Bolar, Aman ^a   Tesfamariam, Solomon ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bridge management; condition assessment; credibility factors; infrastructure; decision making; uncertainty modeling; risk management; Dempster Shafer (D S) theory; evidential reasoning

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84875138843     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2011.602979     Document Type: Article

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