Nowadays, modern engineering systems require sophisticated maintenance strategies to
ensure their correct performance. Maintenance has become one of the most important tasks …

Decision-making for engineering systems management can be efficiently formulated using
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) or Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPs). Typical …

The construction engineering and management (CEM) domain frequently meets complex
tasks due to the unavoidable complicated operation environments and the involvement of …

Preservation (maintenance and rehabilitation) strategy is the critical factor controlling
pavement performance. A life-cycle optimization (LCO) model was developed to determine …

The objective of infrastructure management is to provide optimal maintenance, rehabilitation
and replacement (MR&R) policies for a system of facilities over a planning horizon. While …

Environmental damage cost (EDC) is traditionally ignored in the pavement cost evaluation.
This study used a combined life cycle assessment–life cycle cost analysis (LCA–LCCA) …

The authors have developed a new network-level pavement asset management system
(PAMS) utilizing life-cycle analysis and optimization methods. Integrated life-cycle …

Maintaining roadway pavements and bridge decks is key to providing high levels of service
for road users. However, improvement actions incur downtime. These actions are typically …

The network-level infrastructure management problem involves selecting and scheduling
maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MR&R) activities on networks of infrastructure …

Extreme events represent not only some of the most damaging events in our society and
environment, but also the most difficult to predict. Model-based predictions of the disruptions …