Prioritization of Earth Roads Maintenance Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

This paper reports the application of a method based on the Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). It is a methodology in the process of prioritization of earth roads maintenance, taking into consideration a set of variables which are related to physical, climatic, traffic, management and social aspects and that influence the functioning of those roads. The method for prioritization applies the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) through interviews with engineering professionals who are specialized in the conception and analysis of highway projects and that were divided into five groups according to their professional areas: a group of civil servants, a group of consultants, a group of professors, a group of Masters in Transportation Engineering, and a group of Master degree students. In order to help in the application of the AHP, the software Expert Choice was used to make the calculation of the logical consistency of the comparison matrices more easily and indicated through a sensibility analysis in a real case, corresponding to the non-bituminous roads in the municipal district of Aquiraz, Ceara, in the northeast region of Brazil.

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• Authors:
  • Almeida, Ricardo Venescau de Oliveira
  • Nobre Jr, Ernesto Ferreira
  • Prata, Bruno de Athayde
• Publication Date: 2012-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 187-195
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering
  • ISSN: 1996-6814
  • EISSN: 1997-1400
  • Serial URL: http://www.ijprt.org.tw/index.php
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  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analytic hierarchy process; Decision support systems; Earth roads; Low volume roads; Maintenance management; Multiple criteria decision making; Unpaved roads
• Geographic Terms: Brazil
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01375668
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 2012 4:11PM