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Al-Aubaidy, N A (2015) Factors affecting underreporting of construction safety incidents on capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Beg, M A (1999) An economic based decision support system for project level pavement type selection, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Brandenburg, S G (2004) The Tier I workforce management strategy: Concept and application, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Castaneda-Maza, J A (2002) Workers' skills and receptiveness to operate under the Tier II construction management strategy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Chang, S-W (2002) Development and assessment of the Tier II work force strategy implementation index, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Cho, Y-K (2000) Human-assisted rapid workspace modeling for construction equipment operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Dharwadkar, P V (1994) A prototype object-oriented system for three-dimensional CAD and schedule integration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

France-Mensah, J (2019) Integrated planning and budget allocation for highway maintenance, rehabilitation, and capital construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Gebken, R J, II (2006) Quantification of transactional dispute resolution costs for the United States construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Glover, R W (1972) Developing and upgrading minority construction contractors: The Houston and Atlanta experiences, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Goodrum, P M (2001) The impact of equipment technology on productivity in the United States construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Griffith, A F (1997) Team alignment during pre-project planning of capital facilities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Hamilton, M R (1994) The relationship between pre-project planning effort and success for capital construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Jung, Y (1997) Information systems planning methodology for the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Kim, D (2002) Exploratory study of lean construction: Assessment of lean implementation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Kim, D Y (2011) Construction planning and execution strategies for enhancing project success on electrical construction subcontracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Kim, S B (2002) Assessment of CII knowledge implementation at the organizational level, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Laufer, A (1980) Assessment of financial incentive programs for the construction labor force: A Delphi analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Lopez de Ortigosa, D A (1993) Forecasting construction costs in hyper-inflated economies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

McNerney, M T (1994) The use of geographical information systems for airport engineering and management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Pantelias, A (2009) A methodological framework for probabilistic evaluation of financial viability of transportation infrastructure under public private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Panthaworn, P (2005) An exploratory study of motivation of management personnel in the heavy construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Phaobunjong, K (2002) Parametric cost estimating model for conceptual cost estimating of building construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Popescu-Kohler, A I (1998) Improvements to construction delay analysis techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Seo, J (1998) Graphical interface design for equipment control in unstructured environments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Shaw, D T (1989) SITE CODE: A knowledge-based model of municipal site development regulations for computer-aided design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Song, J (2005) Tracking the location of materials on construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Sylvie, J R (2005) Developing best practices for industrial project life cycle security and a methodology for measuring implementation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Toews, C D (1981) The regional economic and labor market impact of large-scale, rural, public works construction: A case study of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Wilde, W J (1998) Life cycle cost analysis of portland cement concrete pavements, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Wilson, M C (2000) Public infrastructure investment and structural economic change: The spatial dynamics of public works in the United States, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Won, S (2002) A model for work function characteristics-based prioritization of technologies for capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Woo, S (1999) Monte Carlo simulation of labor performance during overtime and its impact on project duration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

Zhang, Z (1996) A gis-based and multimedia integrated infrastructure management system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.

  • Type: Thesis
  • Keywords: optimization; decision making; infrastructure management; integration; rehabilitation; fuzzy set
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  • URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304281129
  • Abstract:
    Transportation and public works agencies are currently challenged by increasing demands for better services and constraining budgets to maintain municipal infrastructures in good condition. Better information and management systems are therefore in urgent need to support more effective and efficient decision-making. An Infrastructure Management System (IMS) is such a system capable of properly coordinating, systematically evaluating, and effectively maintaining basic service-related infrastructure systems. The objective of this research is to develop a new IMS framework--a GIS based and multimedia integrated IMS--Visual IMS. The distinctive feature of Visual IMS is its capability of handling a wide variety of data and information visually, analyze them spatially, and present the results graphically. Major efforts under this study include: (1) defining the system requirements for infrastructure management and designing the conceptual framework of Visual IMS; (2) using such concepts and techniques as fuzzy sets and system optimization to develop generic models for the optimization of budget allocations, the selection of candidate projects for maintenance and rehabilitation, the prediction of infrastructure performances, and the conduction of proximity analyses; (3) exploring the potential applications of multimedia, client/server architecture, Global Positioning System (GPS), and their seamless integration with GIS; and (4) coding the Visual IMS computer program to implement the developed models and to demonstrate the concepts and processes introduced under this study.