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Louisiana Tech University

2010

Underground utilities

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Integrated, Multi-Attribute Decision Support System For The Evaluation Of Underground Utility Construction Methods, John C. Matthews Jan 2010

Integrated, Multi-Attribute Decision Support System For The Evaluation Of Underground Utility Construction Methods, John C. Matthews

Doctoral Dissertations

The dissertation research work described herein is comprised of three primary objectives: (1) the development of a rehabilitation method selection software (TAG-R) for the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) and its subsequent validation and combination with TAG (a sister decision support system (DSS) software developed by the author in an earlier work); (2) the development of a social cost calculator (SCC) and its validation; and (3) the development of a proposed framework for multi-segment optimization for construction methods selection using the tools developed in the first two objectives as well as additional project related data.

The selection of …