EXPERT SUSTEMS IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT

This paper discusses the potential application of expert systems, a new information technology derived from artificial intelligence research, to pavement management. The principal focus concerns the development of such knowledge-based or expert systems for project-level analysis and design of pavement rehabilitation strategies. Particular emphasis is placed on needs of locally managed highway systems, although many of the concepts are also more broadly applicable. The paper provides a brief overview of the evolution and application expert systems. Several major issues in pavement management are discussed which strongly suggest the appropriateness of expert systems approaches. These issues include the role of computerized pavement management systems, the acquisition of pavement performance data and current procedures for pavement structural evaluation and design. Current research on PARADIGM, an integrated set of expert systems for pavement rehabilitation decision-making, is described. Finally, a PARADIGM component system consisting of an operational prototype expert system for pavement surface condition evaluation, is presented as an example.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transportation Research, forthcoming.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Irvine

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
  Irvine, CA  United States  92697
• Authors:
  • Ritchie, S G
• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 30 p.
• Serial:
  • Concrete International
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0162-4075

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Decision making; Driver rehabilitation; Evaluation; Expert systems; Information processing; Pavement design; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Pavements
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00464754
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCI-ITS-WP-86-11
• Contract Numbers: ECE-8505338
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2001 12:00AM