Optimized holistic municipal right-of-way capital improvement planning

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1244-1251

  Carey, Brad D ^a   Lueke, Jason S ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Associated Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital planning; Genetic algorithms; Infrastructure; Maintenance; Optimization; Planning; Rehabilitation; Renewal

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS; COMPONENT SYSTEMS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE; PLANNED MAINTENANCE; RENEWAL; RENEWAL PROJECTS;

MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

CAPITAL CITY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD; SEWER NETWORK; SYNCHRONY; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84888785580     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2012-0183     Document Type: Article

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