Asset Management Data Collection for Supporting Decision Processes

摘要

Asset Management is a strategic approach to the optimal allocation of resources for the management, operation, maintenance, and preservation of transportation infrastructure (FHWA 1999). Asset Management combines engineering and economic principles with sound business practices to support decisionmaking at the strategic, network, and project levels. One of the key aspects of the development of Asset Management is data collection. The way in which transportation agencies collect, store, and analyze data has evolved along with advances in technology, such as mobile computing (e.g., handheld computers, laptops, tablet notebooks, etc.), sensing (e.g., laser and digital cameras), and spatial technologies (e.g., global positioning systems (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), and spatially enabled database management systems).