Author(s)

Adeline Ferreira, Antonio Antunes and Luis Picado-Santos

Abstract

Pavement Management Systems (PMS) are increasingly important tools for helping in decision-making processes regarding the maintenance and rehabilitation of road pavements. This paper presents a new mixed-integer optimisation model to be used within a PMS. The model allows segment-linked decisions, thus overcoming the principal drawback of the widely-used Arizona PMS. The application of the model is illustrated with a case study developed for the ring road of Coimbra, the third-largest Portuguese city. 1 Introduction The potential for development and the quality of life offered by urban or regional areas is closely dependent upon the attributes of their road network. This is the basic fact that

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