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Determination of Optimal MR&R Strategy and Inspection Intervals to Support Infrastructure Maintenance Decision Making

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  • Yingnan Yang

    (College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Hongming Xie

    (School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China)

Abstract

In the commonly used approach to maintenance scheduling for infrastructure facilities, maintenance decisions are made under the assumptions that inspection frequency is periodical and fixed, and that the true state of a facility is revealed through inspections. This research addresses these limitations by proposing a decision-making approach for determining optimal maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MR&R) strategy and inspection intervals for infrastructure facilities that can explicitly take into account non-periodical inspections as well as previously considered periodical inspections. Four transition probabilities are proposed to represent four different MR&R strategies. Then, an optimization program is suggested to minimize MR&R and inspection costs of a bridge element network over a given time period, while keeping the condition states of the element network above a predetermined level. A case study was applied to illustrate the proposed approach. The results show that the proposal approach can support decision making in situations where non-periodical inspections and MR&R actions are incorporated into the model development. If employed properly, this may allow agencies to maintain their infrastructure more effectively, resulting in cost savings and reducing unnecessary waste of resources.

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  • Yingnan Yang & Hongming Xie, 2021. "Determination of Optimal MR&R Strategy and Inspection Intervals to Support Infrastructure Maintenance Decision Making," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-10, March.
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