Surface Condition Expert System for Pavement Rehabilitation Planning
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 113, Issue 2
Abstract
Pavement surface condition data play a pivotal role in the analysis and design of pavement rehabilitation strategies. In project design, this information is usually used by a limited number of pavement engineering specialists who apply experience and judgment to formulate design and investment decisions. The nature of this process resists computerization using conventional computer tools. The development of a knowledge‐based expert system that is based on programming concepts from the field of artificial intelligence is described. The system is called SCEPTRE, and assists highway engineers in planning cost‐effective flexible pavement rehabilitation strategies at the project level. The use of an expert‐systems approach permits SCEPTRE to make its specialized body of knowledge accessible to a much broader range of potential engineering users.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 113 • Issue 2 • March 1987
Pages: 155 - 167
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Copyright © 1987 ASCE.
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Published online: Mar 1, 1987
Published in print: Mar 1987
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