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An integer programming technique has been used to develop an operating computer program called RAMS, which determine optimal maintenance strategies for pavements by maximizing the overall maintenance effectiveness for all highway segments considered. The program can use numerous maintenance strategies, resources, and feasibility constraints to obtain solutions. An example problem that contains actual field data on 15 highway segments located in one Texas highway district was used to demonstrate typical program input and output. This example revealed that, for 9 of the 15 pavement segments studied, maintenance strategies selected by the computer program were essentially identical to those selected by district personnel of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. Both RAMS cases presented are optimal with respect to department selections. /Author/

This paper appeared in TRB Record 674, Maintenance Decision Making and Energy Use, Roadside and Pavement Management, and Preferential Bridge Icing. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance and Operations Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Computer programs; Driver rehabilitation; Integer programming; Maintenance management; Optimization; Parts; Pavement maintenance

Rehabilitation

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements

TRIS, TRB

May 11 1979 12:00AM

• AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR SALT AND ABRASIVE SPREADERS
• CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GRASSES FROM SEED FOR ROADSIDE EROSION CONTROL (ABRIDGMENT)
• DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIGHWAY SNOW AND ICE CONTROL
• ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION
• FIVE-YEAR EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY MOWING PRACTICES IN INDIANA
• HIGHWAY FENCES AS DETERRENTS TO VEHICLE-DEER COLLISIONS
• MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR WATERFOWL IN NORTH DAKOTA
• PHOTOLOGGING AND ROADWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM
• SELECTING THE OPTIMUM NUMBER, SIZE, AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE YARDS
• STAFFING ANALYSIS FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF SELECTED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES