MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMMING

Pavement maintenance planning and programming requires optimization analysis involving multiobjective considerations. Traditionally single-objective optimization techniques have been employed by pavement researchers and practitioners because of the complexity involved in multiobjective analysis. This paper develops a genetic-algorithm-based procedure for solving multiobjective network level pavement maintenance programming problems. The concepts of Pareto optimal solution set and rank-based fitness evaluation, and two methods of selecting an optimal solution, were adopted. It was found that the robust search characteristics and multiple-solution handling capability of genetic-algorithms were well suited for multiobjective optimization analysis. Formulation and development of the solution algorithm were described and demonstrated with a numerical example problem in which a hypothetical network level pavement maintenance programming analysis was performed for two- and three-objective optimization, respectively. A comparison between the two- and three-objective solutions was made to highlight some practical considerations in applying multiobjective optimization to pavement maintenance management.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Fwa, T F
  • Chan, W T
  • Hoque, K Z
• Publication Date: 2000-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 367-374
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 126
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Genetic algorithms; Optimization; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Planning; Productivity; Programming (Mathematics); Unit costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798438
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-93-X-00017, NSC-87-2211-E-08-011, HKUST719/96E
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 17 2000 12:00AM