Modern-day maintenance optimization decisions are complex problems which need to
satisfy multiple and conflicting criteria. With increased applications and recent advances in …

The motivation for cost-effective management of highway pavements is evidenced not only
by the massive expenditures associated with these activities at a national level but also by …

ABSTRACT International Roughness Index (IRI) and Pavement Condition Index (PCI) are
among other pavement condition indices used to assess pavement surface condition. The …

Traditionally, asphalt pavement maintenance mainly considers pavement performance and
cost and largely ignores the environment while substantial amount of environmental …

The functional rural road network has a significant effect on the socio-economic growth of a
nation. Newly constructed road pavements deteriorate with time, their regular maintenance …

With the ever-increasing road mileages worldwide, the focus of pavement construction has
been shifted from new pavement construction to pavement maintenance and rehabilitation …

Road network expansion in Egypt is considered as a vital issue for the development of the
country. This is done while upgrading current road networks to increase the safety and …

Forecasting future pavement performance is one of the main elements of an infrastructure
management system. Performance modeling, however, is not a simple task, particularly due …

The main objective of this paper was to investigate the relationship between PCI and IRI
values of the rural road network. To this end, 6000 pavement sections of the rural road …

Low noise, as one of the emerging pavement functions, has received growing interest
recently, but was rarely considered in pavement management system. To fill this gap, this …