Multi-strategy budget allocation decision support system for seismic rehabilitation of road infrastructure

Economic efficiency is an important factor in seismic rehabilitation of road infrastructures. An inventory of structures is screened to identify seismically deficient parts and prioritise them in the order of need for rehabilitation purposes. In most cases, the financial resources for road infrastructure rehabilitation projects are limited. Therefore, there is a need to efficiently allocate resources to various projects. This article presents a multi-strategy decision support system (DSS) for seismic rehabilitation budget allocation across existing road infrastructures. This DSS employs a multi-criteria assessment module that takes into account different criteria to estimate the financial needs for rehabilitation and to establish an allocation methodology based on the available budget in a fiscal year. To select the optimal package of projects, a genetic algorithm (GA) optimisation module is developed. Multi-objective decision-making is conducted under a specific decision strategy (DS) by solving a (0–1) Knapsack problem. To demonstrate the applicability of the GA-based approach, a hypothetical decision-making problem is presented. The results reveal that the optimal package is more sensitive to the available budget and DS than to the weights of criteria and project scores. Using this system, managers can compare their decisions for different strategies and significantly improve management efficiency.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2012.737810
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Yadollahi, Mohammadreza
  • Zin, Rosli Mohamad
• Publication Date: 2014-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 239-260
• Serial:
  • Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1573-2479
  • EISSN: 1744-8980
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nsie20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision support systems; Earthquake resistant structures; Genetic algorithms; Highway maintenance; Pavement management systems; Rehabilitation; Resource allocation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01518568
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2014 1:39PM