State of the art in simulation-based optimisation for maintenance systems

A Alrabghi, A Tiwari - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, more attention has been directed towards improving and optimising maintenance
in manufacturing systems using simulation. This paper aims to report the state of the art in …

Vehicular mobility patterns and their applications to Internet-of-Vehicles: A comprehensive survey

Q Cui, X Hu, W Ni, X Tao, P Zhang, T Chen… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
With the growing popularity of the Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV), it is of pressing necessity to
understand transportation traffic patterns and their impact on wireless network designs and …

Deep reinforcement learning for long‐term pavement maintenance planning

L Yao, Q Dong, J Jiang, F Ni - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inappropriate maintenance and rehabilitation strategies cause many problems such as
maintenance budget waste, ineffective pavement distress treatments, and so forth. A method …

A hybrid bilevel model for the optimal shelter assignment in emergency evacuations

MW Ng, J Park, ST Waller - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The rise in natural and man‐made disasters in recent years has led to an increased interest
in emergency evacuation planning. Athough the vast majority of the existing evacuation …

Incorporating network considerations into pavement management systems: A case for approximate dynamic programming

A Medury, S Madanat - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2013 - Elsevier
The objective of infrastructure management is to provide optimal maintenance, rehabilitation
and replacement (MR&R) policies for a system of facilities over a planning horizon. While …

Multi-objective optimization for sustainable road network maintenance under traffic equilibrium: Incorporating costs and environmental impacts

J Guan, X Yang, L You, L Ding, X Cheng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
It is vital to consider traffic dynamics and environmental burdens when developing
sustainable long-term maintenance schedules for asphalt road networks. This paper …

Determination of near‐optimal restoration programs for transportation networks following natural hazard events using simulated annealing

J Hackl, BT Adey, N Lethanh - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Disruptive events, such as earthquakes, floods, and landslides, may disrupt the service
provided by transportation networks on a vast scale, as their occurrence is likely to cause …

A heuristic approach to the railroad track maintenance scheduling problem

F Peng, S Kang, X Li, Y Ouyang… - … ‐Aided Civil and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Every year, billions of dollars are spent on rail track maintenance to keep the serviceability of
the railroad network. These maintenance projects (of different types) must be performed by …

A reinforcement learning method for multiasset roadway improvement scheduling considering traffic impacts

W Zhou, E Miller-Hooks… - Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Maintaining roadway pavements and bridge decks is key to providing high levels of service
for road users. However, improvement actions incur downtime. These actions are typically …

A Markov‐based road maintenance optimization model considering user costs

H Gao, X Zhang - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
User costs of different maintenance actions need to be assessed in road maintenance as
well as the maintenance costs. The vehicle operating cost (VOC) and the travel delay cost …