Benefit–Cost Analysis of Maintenance Decision Support System

The pooled fund study of the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS), led by South Dakota and now including 13 state departments of transportation, developed an operational MDSS for winter maintenance. While the MDSS is generally perceived to be beneficial, it is important to determine more formally the tangible benefits and costs associated with its implementation and to determine whether it is a good investment. This paper presents the results of a benefit–cost analysis of the pooled fund MDSS. The development of the analysis method includes the identification of benefits and costs, the definition of base case and alternatives, and the development of a benefit–cost model. A base case (without MDSS) and two other alternatives (with MDSS) are defined for the analysis. The developed method consists of two parallel modules: a baseline data module and a simulation module. Results from a case study applying this method show that the implementation of MDSS brings more benefits than costs.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2107-10
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Benefit%e2%ac%1cCost+Analysis+of+Maintenance+Decision+Support+System&author=Z.+Ye&author=C.+Strong&author=X.+Shi&author=S.+Conger&author=D.+Huft&publication_year=2009
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• Authors:
  • Ye, Zhirui
  • Strong, Christopher K
  • Shi, Xianming
  • Conger, Steven M
  • Huft, David L
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 95-103
• Monograph Title: Safety Maintenance and Surface Weather
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2107
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Case studies; Decision support systems; Implementation; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01123163
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309126236
• Report/Paper Numbers: 09-2775
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 13 2009 6:36AM