Research Article
An Iterative Approach for the Optimization of Pavement Maintenance Management at the Network Level
Table 1
Reviewed optimization methods consider either sequential or holistic approach.
| | | Sequential approach |
Holistic approach | Optimization method | Treatment strategy | Section selection |
| Selection based on ranking | Judgment | | A20 | | Pavement condition | | A19 | | Economic analysis | A20 | A8, A20 | |
| Mathematical optimization methods | Linear and nonlinear programming | A12 | A1 | A6, A13 | Integer programming | A16 | A17 | A9, A22 | Dynamic programming | A8 | A7, A11 | A23 |
| Near optimization or heuristic methods | Incremental benefit/cost analysis | A18 | A2, A18 | | Local search heuristics | A5, A21 | | | Evolutionary algorithms | A11 | A3, A7 | A4, A14 |
| Other optimization methods | Neural networks | | A10 | | Fuzzy logic | | A15 | |
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Note. Code reference (A1, A2, …, A23) is defined in Table 2.
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