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Title:

Element-Level Optimization Module for Bridge Planning and Programming

Accession Number:

01763772

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

The overall objective of this research is to support state departments of transportation with their decision-making processes and transitions to performance management and performance-based planning and programming mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. Accomplishing this objective requires a systematic multiobjective optimization methodology. This research proposes such a methodology, referred to as an “element-based multiobjective optimization” (EB-MOO) methodology, which produces optimal or near-optimal sets of short- and long-term intervention strategies detailed at the bridge element level for planning and programming. The methodology currently focuses on the bridge asset class and consists of five modules: (1) data processing, (2) improvement, (3)?element-level optimization (ELO), (4) bridge-level optimization (BLO), and (5) network-level optimization (NLO) modules. This paper details the ELO module, specifically: the basic framework of underlying processes and concepts, the alternative feasibility screening process, optimization problem types and mathematical formulations, and the heuristic algorithm used to solve the ELO problems. The paper also includes an illustrative example using a prototyping tool developed to implement EB-MOO methodology. The example presents several ELO problems under unconstrained scenarios. The implementation demonstrated the module’s capability in producing optimal or near-optimal ELO solutions, recommending element intervention actions, predicting performance, and determining funding requirements for the specified improvement type and program year. The broader EB-MOO methodology uses the ELO results as inputs for the BLO and NLO modules.

Supplemental Notes:

Karim Naji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9535-4201 © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2021.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TRBAM-21-01025

Language:

English

Authors:

Naji, Karim

ORCID 0000-0002-9535-4201

Santini-Bell, Erin

ORCID 0000-0002-9474-4937

Kwiatkowski, Kyle

ORCID 0000-0003-0514-1075

Pagination:

pp 293-310

Publication Date:

2022-1

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Volume: 2676
Issue Number: 1
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References (13) ; Tables

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 23 2020 11:11AM