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A methodology is proposed for multicriteria decision making involving trade-off analyses between candidate projects as well as project selection and programming in highway asset management under certainty, risk, and uncertainty. A set of system goals in highway asset management structure was first identified, and relative weights of the system goals were determined. Performance indicators under each goal were identified. Benefits achieved under various system goals as a result of implementing a project are typically measured with noncommensurable units; they need to be converted into nondimensional units so that trade-offs between projects can be measured under equal parameters. Where such conversion processes involve certainty and risk, this paper develops systemwide multiattribute utility functions for individual asset management programs to form the basis of trade-off analyses. Because of the …