LAP-HELD COMPUTERS PLAY KEY MANAGEMENT ROLE

Lap-held computers play an important role for the Virginia Department of Transportation's pavement management system (PMS). Their 11 computers, each no larger than a briefcase, are used in the state's nine highway districts to put information on road conditions into the system and withdraw it as needed. This article discusses their cost effectiveness and the type of information they produce.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Merwin, D P
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 50-51
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Information retrieval; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Pavement management systems; Planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Data recording
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476851
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM