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Network-level optimization method for road network maintenance programming based on network efficiency

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To maintain their capacity, transportation infrastructures are in need of regular maintenance and rehabilitation. The major challenge facing transportation engineers is the network-level policies to maintain the deteriorating roads at an acceptable level of serviceability. In this work, a quantitative transportation network efficiency measure is presented and then how to determine optimally network-level road maintenance policy depending on the road importance to the network performance has been demonstrated. The examples show that the different roads should be set different maintenance time points in terms of the retention capacities of the roads, because the different roads play different roles in network and have different important degrees to the network performance. This network-level road maintenance optimization method could not only save lots of infrastructure investments, but also ensure the service level of the existing transportation system.

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  1. School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410075, China

    Lin-xue Zhang  (张林雪), Jin Qin  (秦进), Yu-xin He  (贺钰昕) & Yong Ye  (叶勇)

  2. Dongfang College, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Ling-lin Ni  (倪玲霖)

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Foundation item: Project(71101155) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(2015JJ2184) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China

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Zhang, Lx., Qin, J., He, Yx. et al. Network-level optimization method for road network maintenance programming based on network efficiency. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 4882–4889 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-3040-6

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