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Bower, Douglas C., and Andrew D. Finegan. "New approaches in project performance evaluation techniques." International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2, no. 3 (June 19, 2009): 435–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17538370910971072.

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Nordlinger, Christopher W. "Project evaluation techniques for investment in LDCs." Telecommunications Policy 9, no. 2 (June 1985): 170–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0308-5961(85)90040-0.

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Mazur, George D., Wayne Sarasua, and Janice Daniel. "Multimodal Transportation Planning Tool for Rural Areas in Georgia." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1552, no. 1 (January 1996): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155200107.

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A process under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology to standardize, enhance, and automate planning and project evaluation for transportation projects in rural Georgia is described. The process will incorporate current statewide planning techniques in use at the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and additional sketch planning techniques that will use existing GDOT data. The purpose of this multimodal transportation planning tool (MMTPT) is to aid GDOT and local agencies in evaluating transportation requirements of rural areas and potential implementation constraints early in the planning process. The tool will include a system-level component to develop a prioritized list of projects by mode for a county and a project-level component to perform more detailed evaluations of roadway project alternatives and multimodal enhancements. The MMTPT will operate in a computerized hybrid system that uses expert system and conventional algorithmic programming techniques. Although organizational, management, and funding constraints that discourage multimodal planning are not overcome, the tool addresses the shortage of analytical planning techniques.
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Mattingly, Stephen G., R. Jayakrishnan, and Michael G. McNally. "Determining the Overall Value of Implemented New Technology in Transportation: Integrated Multiple Objective-Attribute Methodology." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1739, no. 1 (January 2000): 92–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1739-12.

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Two existing techniques are integrated and a methodology for evaluating transportation projects, especially complex projects that involve new technologies, is created. While integrating the multiattribute value function technique with the analytic hierarchy process, a new scaling approach is introduced through use of a linear scaling proxy. Additionally, the approach identifies an overall worth for a project. This overall worth provides decision makers with a quantitative value they can use to compare different projects or to estimate and compare hypothetical results. The methodology is demonstrated in a sample problem. The methodology’s application to the Anaheim field operational test is then described. Often, evaluations fail to look at all the potential areas a project may affect. This methodology simplifies the process for including institutional issues in the final results of an evaluation.
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Al-Azemi, Khalid Fahad, Ran Bhamra, and Ahmed F. M. Salman. "RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER (BOT) PROJECTS IN KUWAIT." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 20, no. 3 (March 10, 2014): 415–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2013.802706.

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Successful implementation of build-operate-transfer (BOT), infrastructure projects is dependent on a full and thorough analysis of factors that include social, economic and political, amongst others. Alongside the financially focused evaluations, qualitative factors will also have a strong impact on the project and so require specific techniques for the analysis. This paper presents a new evaluation framework, based on the analytical hierarchy process technique, for use in assessing the most common and significant decision factors relating to risks in BOT projects. Consultations with an expert group identified a series of risk decision factors. The results produced twenty-eight critical Risk Factors, which have a particular impact on the risks of BOT projects. The project risk framework was constructed by classifying the factors into five categories. The framework was successfully validated using a BOT project case study. This research seeks to make a valuable contribution to the field by having developed and validated a new risk evaluation framework, focused on BOT projects in Kuwait.
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Luo, Xiao Jia. "Quality Detection Techniques and Assessment Method of Highway Projects." Advanced Materials Research 1046 (October 2014): 127–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1046.127.

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The foreign and domestic detection techniques of highway project are described firstly in this paper.Then the author analyzes the detection techniques of flatness,deflection and ground penetrating radar (GPR), and starting from the current national laws and regulations.This paper,in the light of current national laws and regulations, mainly discusses the quality assessment of highway projects from aspects of evaluation requirements,evaluation process and evaluation methods.I.Trace to the source of Detection Techniques and Assessment method of of Highway Projects
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ZIVKOVIC, MIRJANA, JELENA MARINKOVIC, BRANKA LEGETIC, PETAR PAUNOVIC, and ANDJELA VIDANOVIC. "Evaluation techniques for the Healthy School project in Yugoslavia." Health Promotion International 9, no. 2 (1994): 73–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/9.2.73.

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Yaakobi, Alon, Moshe Goresh, Iris Reychav, Roger McHaney, Lin Zhu, Hanoch Sapoznikov, and Yuval Lib. "Organisational project evaluation via machine learning techniques: an exploration." Journal of Business Analytics 2, no. 2 (July 3, 2019): 147–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2573234x.2019.1675478.

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Leu, Sou-Sen, and You-Che Lin. "Project Performance Evaluation Based on Statistical Process Control Techniques." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 134, no. 10 (October 2008): 813–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2008)134:10(813).

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Remer, Donald S., Scott B. Stokdyk, and Mike Van Driel. "Survey of project evaluation techniques currently used in industry." International Journal of Production Economics 32, no. 1 (August 1993): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0925-5273(93)90013-b.

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Wood, Thomas L. "Evaluation of project selection techniques for pavement network maintenance and repair." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25909.

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Different approaches have been suggested for determining the optimal mix of repair projects for a pavement network. These methods range from random selection to sophisticated mathematical optimization models. This paper presents an analysis of several questions regarding the effectiveness of three possible selection methods. First, the performance of three separate single year project selection methods on different size networks is assessed over a broad funding spectrum. The results indicate that as funding levels increase, the benefit obtained by different selection methods converge. In addition, as the size of the network increases, the convergence tends to occur at progressively lower funding levels. Second, the effect of the performance prediction models on these same selection methods is assessed by altering the coefficients of the models to predict both faster and slower deterioration of the network. The "select sets" of projects created by priority ranking selection and Knapsack IP selection at three separate funding levels are compared to determine how much variation is introduced by the changes in the performance prediction. With a 30% acceleration and deceleration of the deterioration curves, there was little change in the optimal project set created by either method. Finally, a modified Monte Carlo model is used to assess the general shape of the solution space. The results suggest that the solution space is relatively flat except in the immediate vicinity of the optimum. This, in turn, suggests that a Monte Carlo approach to this problem would require a large number of trials to approximate the optimum. This finding conceptually supports findings in this study and others, as well as the intuitive observation, that random maintenance and repair strategies perform poorly compared to more rational approaches. Since only a few sets of repair projects are near the optimum, the chances of a random selection matching one of these near optimal project sets are relatively small.
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Smolarski, Jan M. (Jan Mietek). "Environmental Determinants and Choice of Project Evaluation Techniques in US and UK Firms." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277767/.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theory that helps explain the conditions under which firms select certain project evaluation techniques. This study uses contingency theory to analyze the impact of environmental uncertainty on the choice of project evaluation techniques. In addition to a direct measure of uncertainty, several dimensions of uncertainty are included in this study. These dimensions of uncertainty include control structure, method of financing, foreign assets, method of growth, and product domination. This study also analyzes the use of project evaluation, management science and risk management techniques in US firms over time and in UK firms over time in order to compare to prior research. A comparison of firms in the two countries are also provided. The primary method of data collection was a survey instrument. Data were also collected from annual reports and various other public sources. The variables that appear significant in the choice of project evaluation technique in US firms are environmental uncertainty, control structure, method of financing, foreign assets, and product domination. The variable that appear significant in the choice of project evaluation technique in UK firms is method of financing. US firms favor discounted cash flow techniques although this study detected a slight decrease over time. UK firms continue to use non-discounted cash flow techniques, although the use of discounted cash flow techniques is widespread. There are significant differences between US and UK firms. US firms tend to use discounted cash flow techniques to a greater extent than UK firms. This research makes a significant contribution in attempting to develop a theory explaining the use of project evaluation techniques in firms in the US and UK. In addition, several other developments relating to project evaluation, management science and risk management are discussed. The results of this study can be used by managers in refining and improving their existing project evaluation processes.
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Sirakaya, Hatice Sinem. "A Comparision Of Object Oriented Size Evaluation Techniques." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/721183/index.pdf.

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Popular Object Oriented size metrics and estimation methods are examined. A case study is conducted. Five of the methods (&ldquo
LOC&rdquo
, &ldquo
OOPS&rdquo
, &ldquo
Use Case Points Method&rdquo
, &ldquo
J.Kammelar&rsquo
s Sizing Approach&rdquo
and &ldquo
Mark II FP&rdquo
) are applied to a project whose requirements are defined by means of use cases. Size and effort estimations are made and compared with the actual results of the project.
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Kumar, Vimal S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Project identification and evaluation techniques for transportation infrastructure : assessing their role in metropolitan areas of developing countries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47761.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186).
Project identification and evaluation of transportation infrastructure play a vital role in shaping and sustaining the forms of cities all over the world. These cities differ substantially in character and urban form and have different transport systems and transport related problems. Most large cities in the developing world face major problems as a result of rapid population growth, extensive urbanization, market uncertainties, scarcity of resources and inadequate planning capabilities. Transport policies and procedures that worked reasonably well when cities were smaller start failing as they expand, while environmental and social problems become more pressing. The traditional methodologies for evaluating urban transportation infrastructure projects are unable to address issues of most concern in developing countries. The thesis outlines a framework for assessing the role of various planning and evaluation methodologies for transportation infrastructure projects. The framework developed for project identification and evaluation serves as a useful tool to structure and assess the gaps identified from a literature review and case studies. The major gaps identified can be listed as: * Lack of integrated approach for transportation infrastructure and land-use planning; * Inadequate provision for maintenance and monitoring of transport facilities; * Unequal distribution of benefits of transport for women; * Limited rural transport infrastructure; and * Lack of suitable financing arrangements and no incorporation of sustainable development measures. The overall transportation planning and evaluation process can be improved by incorporating certain steps and requirements that address these gaps and make transportation infrastructure more accessible, safer, reliable, and efficient.
by Vimal Kumar.
S.M.
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Fraser, Sarah W. "An investigation, evaluation and development of techniques to enable the spread and adoption of innovative practices, based on the Trent Region Older People Services Project (TROPSP)." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2003. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13401/.

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This report contributes just over a third of the contribution to the researcher's D.Prof programme. It is a synthesis of many different activities and avenues of investigation and learning. This report is about one specific project and is focused on the ways to support the spread and adoption of innovative practices. It is not intended to be a report of the entire D.Prof Programme as the other areas are covered separately (see Exhibits Ai for D.Prof Programme Design). The literature review threw up a number of conflicts of definitions and perspectives, especially in the terminology that can be applied to 'spreading good practice' and 'social marketing'. The many paradoxes and contested concepts are highlighted in the review and the discussion that follows. Whilst this part of the D.Prof programme is centred on a work-based project - The Trent Region Older People Services Programme (TROPSP) - it has been difficult to separate learning in this project from other work based experiences in the same period. The deliverables and outputs generated (see Part B Exhibits) demonstrate both the breadth and depth of the researcher's experience and learning during this D.Prof programme. The experiential nature of action-based research is highly subjective as the researcher is an active participant in the investigative process, where personal actions immediately affect and have consequences on the context and subject matter under investigation. This report, therefore, needs to be read in the light of its context for the researcher, and understood as a piece of qualitative, action orientated research, rather than an analysis driven by more positivist or scientific values. The literature review, assessment of the TROPSP project and discussion about the researcher's personal learning themes, combine to produce a set of conclusions and recommendation as diverse and contested as is the topic of interprofessional social marketing itself. The paradoxes and tensions include: how different theories and frameworks can form unhelpful (or helpful) mental models; the importance of context, perspectives and expectations and how they can influence strategy and implementation of good practice; the tension between the individual and the organisation; how working with key influencers can be as damaging as it can be as supportive; and finally, the issue of whether the aim in social marketing is to spread good practice (Push out) or to enable adoption (Pull in). The work summarised in this report has received national and international recognition. The contribution to the modernising the NBS has been significant and there is much interest from other countries in using some of the techniques developed and used in the TROPSP work based project. The implications for professional practice, for those working with modernising healthcare as well as specifically for the researcher, are important.
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Ahizi, Dorcas. "Évaluation de la performance de projets d’aide internationale au développement : exemple de trois projets exécutés en Côte d’Ivoire." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019CNAM1226/document.

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Les projets d’aide internationale au développement sont extrêmement divers. Ils visent des objectifs multiples, prennent des formes variées, atteignent des dimensions très différentes et se déroulent dans des contextes très contrastés. Cette extraordinaire diversité suscite un discours méthodologique extrêmement normatif. En effet, concernant l’évaluation de la performance des projets, un seul dispositif est conçu dès le démarrage des projets et de façon invariante pour toute la durée de l’action. Les outils et les techniques de ces dispositifs sont censés collecter et traiter un grand nombre d’indicateurs également identifiés dès la création des projets à partir du « cadre logique ». Ces outils et techniques sont conçus par des instances éloignées du terrain, et redevables à l’égard de bailleurs de fonds. Dans la réalité, on constate cependant que même les projets dotés de moyens conséquents peinent à maîtriser le processus d’évaluation de la performance. Rares sont les praticiens qui réussissent à mener de bout en bout une évaluation de la performance. Plus rares encore sont les projets dont les comités de pilotages utilisent réellement les données issues de tels dispositifs d’évaluation pour éclairer leur décision. Pourtant, les évaluations de la performance sont systématiquement réalisées au sein de chaque projet d’aide internationale au développement. Cette thèse se propose d’expliquer les raisons d’un tel paradoxe
International development assistance projects are extremely various. They have multiple objectives, take various forms and take place in contrasted contexts. This diversity causes a normative methodological discourse. Indeed, concerning the project’s performance evaluation, a single and unchangeable management tools is designed from the start to the end of project.This management tools is supposed to collect and process a large number of indicators also designed at the beginning, according to the project « logical framework ». Tools conceives far away from the project and accountable to the donors. In reality, it can be seen that even projects with substantial resources struggle to master the process of evaluating performance. Few practitioners are successful in leading an evaluation of performance. Even few are the projects whose committee leaders use, for making decision, data from such evaluation. However, performance evaluation are systematically carried out within each international development aid project. This research proposes to explain the reasons of such paradox
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Furtado, Antonio Nilder Duarte. "Uma nova abordagem na avaliação de projetos de transporte: o uso das redes neurais artificiais como técnica para avaliar e ordenar alternativas." Universidade de São Paulo, 1998. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18137/tde-14032018-115127/.

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Esta tese apresenta um estudo para a utilização de Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA) no processo de avaliação e ordenamento de alternativas de projetos de transporte. Partindo-se da ideia de que esse processo constitui-se em um padrão que pode ser captado pelas RNA, a verificação deste argumento foi feita selecionando-se um contexto de avaliação, definindo-se variáveis a serem consideradas no processo de avaliação, e criando-se estruturas de RNA para treinamento com base em outras avaliações já realizadas. Nesta pesquisa foram utilizados 180 \"Estudos de Casos\" recebidos de 32 Estados americanos. Esses dados serviram de entrada para um processo de aprendizagem utilizando-se o simulador \"Neural Planner 4.52\", que baseia-se em redes \"Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)\" e no treinamento em \"Backpropagation\". Várias redes foram treinadas para que fosse definida aquela com um melhor desempenho para o reconhecimento dos padrões existentes nesses casos apresentados. Os 486 experimentos demonstraram índices de acertos superiores a 92% que podem ser visualizados no programa computacional denominado \"EVALUATOR\", uma interface entre o simulador de RNA e usuários. Conclui-se, portanto, que as RNA podem reconhecer os padrões implícitos em avaliações anteriores e servem para avaliar e ordenar alternativas de outros projetos apresentados que pertençam ao mesmo contexto utilizado para treinamento.
This thesis presents a research aimed at the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for appraising and ranking transportation project alternatives. Based on the principle that this process of appraisal and ranking constitutes a pattern that can be perceived by ANN, the verification of this hypothesis was conducted selecting an evaluation context, defining variables to be considered in the process, and creating ANN structures for training based on other evaluation cases. In this research, 180 \"Case Studies\" from 32 American states were used. These data were used as input to a learning process using the simulator \"Neural Planner 4.52\", which is based on \"Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)\" networks and uses a \"Backpropagation\" training algorithm. Several networks were trained to obtain the one most capable of recognizing the patterns of the projects analyzed. More than 92% of the 486 experiments presented right indexes, as shown by a software called \"EVALUATOR\", a user interface between ANN simulator. The conclusion is that ANN can recognize the implicit patterns in previous evaluations and can be used to appraise and rank alternatives from other projects belonging to the same context used for the ANN training.
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Duku, Leju. "Evaluating the optimal innovative cost control techniques used in the South African construction industry." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32604.

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The execution of construction projects commands a myriad of technological, human, organisational and natural resources. However, the construction and engineering undertaking of these projects are frequently overshadowed by economic difficulties, such as the high costs of construction materials, that have a negative impact on project costs. Cost overruns have been determined as a phenomenon continually plaguing the construction industry in both private and public sectors, and very few projects are completed within cost parameters. This research evaluated the barriers to the use of innovative cost control techniques during the construction phase, and determined the level of cost overruns on construction projects in South Africa; identified innovative cost control techniques used by construction firms on construction projects; established the optimal innovative cost control technique used in the South African construction industry; and uncovered the relationship between the level of use of innovative cost control techniques on construction projects and cost overrun. Questionnaires were the chosen instrument for data collection and were circulated via Survey Monkey. A total of 123 questionnaires were returned, and they provided the base for the computation of study results. Statistical tools employed in the study included percentages, mean item score (MIS), and frequency distributions. A scatter plot was used to distinguish whether there was a correlation between the cost performance of projects and level of innovativeness by establishing a line of best fit through the set of the two variables. A line of best fit in the positive direction indicates that increased levels of innovativeness improves the cost performance of projects, while a line of best fit in the negative direction indicates that increased levels of innovativeness does not enhance project performance. The relationship between the level of innovative cost control techniques usage in construction projects and cost overrun was determined to be negative. This led to the conclusion that construction professionals are limiting themselves and are not exploring alternative or innovative cost control techniques. They were focused on project efficiency and productivity rather than cost overruns. Innovative cost control techniques identified in the study were Earned Value Analysis (EVA), Last Planner System (LPS), 4D Scheduling, Fuzzy Project Scheduling, Integrated critical path and Line of Balance, and Reserve Analysis. Study findings determined that the critical contributors to cost overruns included tight project budgets, project complexity, a high frequency of change orders by clients and financial difficulties encountered by contractors. Perceived barriers to the implementation of innovative cost control techniques in projects by participants included a poor scope definition, a lack of training and technical skill of project personnel, poor understanding of cost analysis and variables involved in cost planning. It also emerged that projects cannot meet project objectives, and construction organisations are not making use of the right tools and techniques to monitor and control construction costs. The research findings have shown that professionals have limited knowledge of innovative cost control techniques. This also concludes that they are not taking advantage of the features of new innovative techniques to tackle complex projects. This, therefore, means that complex projects will continue to experience cost overruns. This study concludes that top management of construction organisations are not training their staff to embrace new technologies and innovation. To address the barriers to the use of innovative techniques, there should be increased investment on the part of construction organisations toward affording their workforce the relevant training, knowledge and technical skill required to implement the modern techniques for cost control identified in the report. The cidb should organise seminars and workshops on the usefulness and importance of innovative cost control techniques, and workers should embrace self-development and change. Government should implement policies on the use of innovative cost control techniques for their projects, and construction organisations should develop capacity in line with innovative cost control techniques.
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Sin, Heung Gweon. "Field Evaluation Methodology for Quantifying Network-wide Efficiency, Energy, Emission, and Safety Impacts of Operational-level Transportation Projects." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29124.

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This thesis presents a proposed methodology for the field evaluation of the efficiency, energy, environmental, and safety impacts of traffic-flow improvement projects. The methodology utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS) second-by-second speed measurements using fairly inexpensive GPS units to quantify the impacts of traffic-flow improvement projects on the efficiency, energy, and safety of a transportation network. It should be noted that the proposed methodology is incapable of isolating the effects of induced demand and is not suitable for estimating long-term impacts of such projects that involve changes in land-use. Instead, the proposed methodology can quantify changes in traffic behavior and changes in travel demand. This thesis, also, investigates the ability of various data smoothing techniques to remove such erroneous data without significantly altering the underlying vehicle speed profile. Several smoothing techniques are then applied to the acceleration profile, including data trimming, Simple Exponential smoothing, Double Exponential smoothing, Epanechnikov Kernel smoothing, Robust Kernel smoothing, and Robust Simple Exponential Smoothing. The results of the analysis indicate that the application of Robust smoothing (Kernel of Exponential) to vehicle acceleration levels, combined with a technique to minimize the difference between the integral of the raw and smoothed acceleration profiles, removes invalid GPS data without significantly altering the underlying measured speed profile The methodology has been successfully applied to two case studies provided insights as to the potential benefits of coordinating traffic signals across jurisdictional boundaries. More importantly two case studies demonstrate the feasibility of using GPS second-by-second speed measurements for the evaluation of operational-level traffic flow improvement projects. To identify any statistically significant differences in traffic demand along two case study corridors before and after traffic signal condition, tube counts and turning counts were collected and analyzed using ANOVA technique. The ANOVA results of turning volume counts indicated that there is no statistically significant difference in turning volumes between the before and after conditions. Furthermore, the ANOVA results of tube counts also confirmed that there did not appear to be a statistically significant difference (5 percent level of significance) in the tube counts between the before and after conditions.
Ph. D.
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Khalifa, Rafaa Ibrahim. "Evaluating Project Assessment Techniques for High-Profile Transportation Projects Development and Delivery: Case of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the United States." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5109.

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Time delays and cost overruns in construction projects are generally due to factors such as inappropriate planning, design errors, unexpected site conditions, inadvisable tools selection, change scope, weather conditions, lack of resources, and other project changes. Time delays and cost overruns are of concern to most project managers, owners, and governments. These elements of time and cost are two of the critical defects that impact the construction project delivery. These defects can lead to project failures and to various negative issues like increasing in disagreements among the project team, the contractor, suppliers, and the owner. State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the U.S. continue to spend heavily on roads, highways, and bridges construction, as well as development, maintenance, and expansion. This continued financial commitment reflects decades of commitment to improve the transportation service for safer and better use by the general public. Despite the notable efforts from most of the states to develop the transportation infrastructure, budget restrictions and lack of funds are some of the major challenges faced by DOTs. Highway and bridge infrastructure has a high potential growth in the U.S. construction market. Well-organized highway and bridge project investment decision-making becomes increasingly crucial in the transportation sector. In this research, transportation is specified to highway and bridge projects, and it focused on high-profile projects. These projects are defined as high-cost projects, and are associated with higher project delivery risk (typically $100 - $500 million). All states are working with their state transportation plan, listing the projects based on each state priorities and population growth. Proper planning leads to the right decision regarding selecting the best alternative within budget, and it must reflect certain core principles, including a comprehensive analysis. To facilitate such a decision process, decision makers need a trusted decision model that considers all important options and impacts. By using a decision model, decision-making will not be subjectively influenced to favor one option or group. The decision model becomes the primary tool for selecting the best option, based on its structure levels, perspectives, sub-criteria, and experts’ input. Recently, there is an apparent need for a decision model to help DOTs evaluating their options. Effective project delivery assessment tools, techniques, or practices are strongly needed to improve transportation construction projects’ performance. The research objective is to develop a comprehensive decision model that can be used by project managers and their teams to choose the most effective project assessment technique for measuring the success of performance and outcomes related to the delivery of transportation projects. This research was focused on the assessment techniques that are used in the development phase within the transportation project lifecycle phases. To this end, the research identified and screened the innovative assessment tools and techniques of project delivery that the transportation and other industries have used by reviewing numerous of academic literature and technical reports. Based on the review, value optimization elements such as cost, time, performance, risk, and resources were selected to be the primary evaluation criteria that lead to achieving the model objective. Also, the model sub-criteria were investigated and selected based on the literature review and direct discussion with some experts such as project managers, civil engineers, and value management consultants. The outcome analysis of the results showed that in terms of objectives that performance efficiency was rated the highest importance with respect to the mission, while resources presented the lowest importance from an overall assessment point of view. The results showed that Alternative 4, the VE-RACRDAM technique, was ranked as the most important alternative among others followed by Alternative 5, while Alternative 2 was ranked the least important. A five scenarios analysis was applied to measure the sensitivity of the effects of changing the relative importance of the assessment criteria on alternatives’ rankings. Results showed that Alternative 4 was maintained as the most effective assessment technique among the other alternatives in the five scenarios. In the end, experts were asked to validate the final research results, and they confirmed that the results were appropriate and valid. The validity of the decision model and findings of this research contribute new insights into the transportation construction industry as the case of state departments of transportation. Also, the experts agreed that this decision model is generalizable and could be used in other industries. Therefore, the model significantly contributes to the project management knowledge, and construction project development and delivery success.
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Books on the topic "Project evaluation techniques"

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Sang, Heng-Kang. Project evaluation: Techniques and practices for developing countries. New York: Wilson Press, 1988.

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Phyllis, Dutwin, ed. The ABCs of evaluation: Timeless techniques for program and project managers. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011.

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Françoise, Cros, ed. Evaluer le projet de notre organisation (entreprises, associations, établissements publics): Réflexions, méthodes et techniques. Lyon: Chronique sociale, 1992.

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Boulmetis, John. The ABC's of evaluation: Timeless techniques for program and project managers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

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Wood, Thomas L. Evaluation of project selection techniques for pavement network maintenance and repair. Springfield, Va: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994.

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Findlay, W. O. Testing of indoor radon reduction techniques in central Ohio houses: Phase 2 (winter 1988-89) ; project summary. Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, 1990.

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Findlay, W. O. Testing of indoor radon reduction techniques in central Ohio houses: Phase 2 (winter 1988-89) ; project summary. Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, 1990.

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Rubin, Victoria. Evaluation of the financial appraisal, funding and marketing techniques used in a property development project, withreference to theoretical models. London: Polytechnic of East London, 1991.

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Ifie, Anthony O. An evaluation of flagging techniques and devices on two-lane highway construction zones: Final report, Research Project Y-3399, Task 11. [Olympia, Wash.]: Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Planning, Research and Public Transportation Division in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1988.

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Rubin, Victoria. An evaluation of the financial appraisal, funding and marketing techniques used in a property development project with reference to theoretical models. London: Polytechnic of East London, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Project evaluation techniques"

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Iranmanesh, Seyed Hossein, and Zahra Tavassoli Hojati. "Intelligent Systems in Project Performance Measurement and Evaluation." In Intelligent Techniques in Engineering Management, 581–619. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17906-3_23.

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Castro, Gilberto Fernando, Iliana Pérez, Pedro Piñero, Surayne Torres, Mitchell Vásquez, Jorge Hidalgo, and Néstor Vera-Lucio. "Platform for Project Evaluation Based on Soft-Computing Techniques." In Communications in Computer and Information Science, 226–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48024-4_18.

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Gagliardi, Fabrizio, Bob Jones, Mario Reale, and Stephen Burke. "European DataGrid Project: Experiences of Deploying a Large Scale Testbed for E-science Applications." In Performance Evaluation of Complex Systems: Techniques and Tools, 480–99. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45798-4_20.

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Sari, Irem Ucal, Duygu Sergi, and Can Aytore. "Fuzzy Evaluation of a New Search Engine Project to Fundraise NGOs." In Intelligent and Fuzzy Techniques in Big Data Analytics and Decision Making, 1297–304. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23756-1_152.

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Tadić, Danijela, Slavko Arsovski, Aleksandar Aleksić, Miladin Stefanović, and Snežana Nestić. "A Fuzzy Evaluation of Projects for Business Processes’ Quality Improvement." In Intelligent Techniques in Engineering Management, 559–79. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17906-3_22.

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Nesticò, Antonio. "Risk-Analysis Techniques for the Economic Evaluation of Investment Projects." In Integrated Evaluation for the Management of Contemporary Cities, 617–29. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78271-3_49.

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Onar, Sezi Cevik, Basar Oztaysi, and Cengiz Kahraman. "Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Support Projects by Using IFS Type-2 Fuzzy Sets." In Intelligent and Fuzzy Techniques in Big Data Analytics and Decision Making, 953–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23756-1_113.

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Tolga, A. Cagri, and Gul Durak. "Evaluating Innovation Projects in Air Cargo Sector with Fuzzy COPRAS." In Intelligent and Fuzzy Techniques in Big Data Analytics and Decision Making, 702–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23756-1_84.

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Beyer, Dirk, Marie-Christine Jakobs, and Thomas Lemberger. "Difference Verification with Conditions." In Software Engineering and Formal Methods, 133–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58768-0_8.

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Abstract Modern software-verification tools need to support development processes that involve frequent changes. Existing approaches for incremental verification hard-code specific verification techniques. Some of the approaches must be tightly intertwined with the development process. To solve this open problem, we present the concept of difference verification with conditions. Difference verification with conditions is independent from any specific verification technique and can be integrated in software projects at any time. It first applies a change analysis that detects which parts of a software were changed between revisions and encodes that information in a condition. Based on this condition, an off-the-shelf verifier is used to verify only those parts of the software that are influenced by the changes. As a proof of concept, we propose a simple, syntax-based change analysis and use difference verification with conditions with three off-the-shelf verifiers. An extensive evaluation shows the competitiveness of difference verification with conditions.
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Bendík, Jaroslav, and Kuldeep S. Meel. "Counting Minimal Unsatisfiable Subsets." In Computer Aided Verification, 313–36. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81688-9_15.

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AbstractGiven an unsatisfiable Boolean formula F in CNF, an unsatisfiable subset of clauses U of F is called Minimal Unsatisfiable Subset (MUS) if every proper subset of U is satisfiable. Since MUSes serve as explanations for the unsatisfiability of F, MUSes find applications in a wide variety of domains. The availability of efficient SAT solvers has aided the development of scalable techniques for finding and enumerating MUSes in the past two decades. Building on the recent developments in the design of scalable model counting techniques for SAT, Bendík and Meel initiated the study of MUS counting techniques. They succeeded in designing the first approximate MUS counter, $$\mathsf {AMUSIC}$$ AMUSIC , that does not rely on exhaustive MUS enumeration. $$\mathsf {AMUSIC}$$ AMUSIC , however, suffers from two shortcomings: the lack of exact estimates and limited scalability due to its reliance on 3-QBF solvers.In this work, we address the two shortcomings of $$\mathsf {AMUSIC}$$ AMUSIC by designing the first exact MUS counter, $$\mathsf {CountMUST}$$ CountMUST , that does not rely on exhaustive enumeration. $$\mathsf {CountMUST}$$ CountMUST circumvents the need for 3-QBF solvers by reducing the problem of MUS counting to projected model counting. While projected model counting is #NP-hard, the past few years have witnessed the development of scalable projected model counters. An extensive empirical evaluation demonstrates that $$\mathsf {CountMUST}$$ CountMUST successfully returns MUS count for 1500 instances while $$\mathsf {AMUSIC}$$ AMUSIC and enumeration-based techniques could only handle up to 833 instances.
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Conference papers on the topic "Project evaluation techniques"

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Aouad, Marwan F., Larry D. Olson, and Ming Liu. "Initial test results from FHWA project Dynamic Bridge Substructure Evaluation and Monitoring System." In Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure & Manufacturing, edited by Ronald D. Medlock and David C. Laffrey. SPIE, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.300114.

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Limaye, Hemant S. "Evaluation of Concrete Structures Using Nondestructive Techniques." In 2012 20th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering and the ASME 2012 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone20-power2012-54088.

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To renew the expiring licenses of the nuclear power plants, the operators will need to evaluate major structural components for the age related deterioration. Assessment of the interior of the concrete structures can be made using the available nondestructive testing (NDT) methods. This paper presents a quick overview of the methods and describes how some of these methods were used for the two projects-one for the new construction and one for the existing project going through the modification/renovation.
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Goman, Maksim, and Jelena Pecerska. "Merge Event Bias in Project Evaluation Techniques – Problems and Directions." In 2020 61st International Scientific Conference on Information Technology and Management Science of Riga Technical University (ITMS). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itms51158.2020.9259326.

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Geremia, Salvatore, and Damian A. Tamburri. "Varying defect prediction approaches during project evolution: A preliminary investigation." In 2018 IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning Techniques for Software Quality Evaluation (MaLTeSQuE). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/maltesque.2018.8368451.

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Honorio Cárdenas, José, Jacobo Tijerina Aguilera, Gerardo Espinosa Garza, Imelda Loera Hernández, and Natella Antonyan. "PERSIA AMERICANA PROJECT. REFLECTION ON DIDACTIC TECHNIQUES AND USED EVALUATION METHODS." In 11th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. IATED, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2018.2179.

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Shang, Yuanyuan, Yong Guan, Weigong Zhang, and Qingping Ge. "Evaluation method and result of 4K×4K CCD sensor for LAMOST project." In 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ist.2008.4659975.

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Bloom, J. G. P., U. Stelwagen, A. Mast, A. W. F. Volker, A. H. M. Krom, A. A. Mohamoud, G. P. Van Gils, Donald O. Thompson, and Dale E. Chimenti. "POD GENERATOR PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL MODELING TOOLS FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION TECHNIQUES." In REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. AIP, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3114179.

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Martinez, M., J. Zacares, J. Liorca, A. Ortega, R. Ribelles, F. Gonzalez-Espin, and J. Lopez. "Co-evaluation ICT techniques applied to an integrated project for new degrees in Spain." In 2011 Promotion and Innovation with New Technologies in Engineering Education (FINTDI 2011). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/fintdi.2011.5945991.

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Brackin, Patricia D., and J. Darrell Gibson. "Techniques for the Implementation, Administration, and Evaluation of Industrially Sponsored Capstone Design Projects in the ME Curriculum." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-16026.

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The benefits of company sponsored capstone design projects, both to academia and to industry, have been well established. At Rose-Hulman the benefits to students include the broadening of their engineering skills, the required interaction with practicing engineers, the strengthening of teaming skills by working in design groups, the development of communication skills with required oral and written reports, and the experiences of project management. These projects are "owned and managed" by the student teams with company contacts providing appropriate data and information and with faculty serving as advisors only. The authors have developed and improved these student/industry interactions over the last few years with over 120 students working with about 30 different companies each year. ABET 2000 requires that graduates demonstrate the ability to design a system, component or process to meet a given need. The capstone design course is the natural place to assess whether or not the outcome is met. It is the purpose of this paper to identify the necessary steps for soliciting, screening, and selecting the types of company projects that will enhance educational objectives and further industrial partnerships. A further purpose is to demonstrate how the course is used to assess the ABET design outcome. Finally the paper discusses how the authors have recently improved this client based design experience and the quality of the final design by utilizing project managers from Rose-Hulman Ventures (the innovation and incubation technology arm of Rose-Hulman) as "design review teams" to meet with and to serve as additional resources to the student teams.
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George, Paul, Andras Kemeny, Florent Colombet, Frédéric Merienne, Jean-Rémy Chardonnet, and Indira Mouttapa Thouvenin. "Evaluation of smartphone-based interaction techniques in a CAVE in the context of immersive digital project review." In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, edited by Margaret Dolinsky and Ian E. McDowall. SPIE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2038237.

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Reports on the topic "Project evaluation techniques"

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Author, Not Given. Alternative Fuel Evaluation Program: Alternative Fuel Light Duty Vehicle Project - Data collection responsibilities, techniques, and test procedures. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10167259.

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Khalifa, Rafaa. Evaluating Project Assessment Techniques for High-Profile Transportation Projects Development and Delivery: Case of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the United States. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.6985.

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Wang, Jy-An John, Fei Ren, Ting Tan, John Mandell, and Pancasatya Agastra. An Innovative Technique for Evaluating the Integrity and Durability of Wind Turbine Blade Composites - Final Project Report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1029575.

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Trawle, M. J., and J. A. Boyd. Improvement of Operations and Maintenance Techniques Research Program. Advance Maintenance in Entrance Channels: Evaluation of Selected Projects. Hydraulic Model Investigation. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, July 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada198898.

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Bell, Gary, and Duncan Bryant. Red River Structure physical model study : bulkhead testing. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/40970.

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The US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and its non-federal sponsors are designing and constructing a flood risk management project that will reduce the risk of flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. There is a 30-mile long diversion channel around the west side of the city of Fargo, as well as a staging area that will be formed upstream of a 20-mile long dam (referred to as the Southern Embankment) that collectively includes an earthen embankment with three gated structures: the Diversion Inlet Structure, the Wild Rice River Structure, and the Red River Structure (RRS). A physical model has been constructed and analyzed to assess the hydraulic conditions near and at the RRS for verification of the structure’s flow capacity as well as optimization of design features for the structure. This report describes the modeling techniques and instrumentation used in the investigation and details the evaluation of the forces exerted on the proposed bulkheads during emergency operations for the RRS.
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Carruth, William D. Evaluation of In-Place Asphalt Recycling for Airfield Applications. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/41142.

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Over the last few decades, in-place recycling of asphalt pavements has seen increased use by the highway industry, primarily to take a dvantage of potential cost and logistical savings compared to conventional reconstruction. More recently, the U.S. Navy and Federal Aviation Administration have allowed recycling to be used on airfields with lighter traffic. This report contains a discussion of in-place recycling design considerations obtained from a literature review of its use in the highway industry. Observations developed from a review of airfield pavement projects that have utilized recycling is also included. A structural analysis was performed using the Pavement-Transportation Computer Assisted Structural Engineering (PCASE) tool to determine typical stiffness values that recycled layers must achieve to support various types of military aircraft traffic for different pavement structures. Overall, in-place recycling is recommended for consideration as a rehabilitati on technique for military airfield pavements, and further investigation is recommended before it is implemented it into design guidance.
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Tarko, Andrew P., Qiming Guo, and Raul Pineda-Mendez. Using Emerging and Extraordinary Data Sources to Improve Traffic Safety. Purdue University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317283.

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The current safety management program in Indiana uses a method based on aggregate crash data for conditions averaged over several-year periods with consideration of only major roadway features. This approach does not analyze the risk of crashes potentially affected by time-dependent conditions such as traffic control, operations, weather and their interaction with road geometry. With the rapid development of data collection techniques, time-dependent data have emerged, some of which have become available for safety management. This project investigated the feasibility of using emerging and existing data sources to supplement the current safety management practices in Indiana and performed a comprehensive evaluation of the quality of the new data sources and their relevance to traffic safety analysis. In two case studies, time-dependent data were acquired and integrated to estimate their effects on the hourly probability of crash and its severity on two selected types of roads: (1) rural freeways and (2) signalized intersections. The results indicate a considerable connection between hourly traffic volume, average speeds, and weather conditions on the hourly probability of crash and its severity. Although some roadway geometric features were found to affect safety, the lack of turning volume data at intersections led to some counterintuitive results. Improvements have been identified to be implemented in the next phase of the project to eliminate these undesirable results.
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Alternative Fuel Evaluation Program: Alternative Fuel Light Duty Vehicle Project - Data collection responsibilities, techniques, and test procedures. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/7306863.

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