@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001042,
 author = {Mori, Hisashi and Fujiwara, Eigo and Kaito, Kiyoyuki and Kobayashi, Kiyoshi},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 issue = {1},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Road pavements are often designed to accommodate two important functions. The first function is to make suitable surface characteristics, which provide safety and comfortable driving for road users. The second function is to ensure a certain level of structural durability for its performance over a long period of time. These two functions need to be considered carefully in view of maintenance and management. Without a proper maintenance and management plan or strategy, the functionality of road pavements will not be assured. In view of maintenance and repair (M&R), temporary M&Rs are often implemented in practices, only to restore its condition states and satisfy the immediate performance. Current M&R methods are not significantly improve the durability of pavement structures. This practice can be regarded as a limitation in the field. This paper is developed with aim to give an answer to this limitation. In a glance, the paper proposes an innovative approach by combination of Markov hazard model and Mixture Hazard Model to trigger an optimal M&R strategy in a long-term planning view. The deterioration speeds of road sections are comparatively evaluated. Based on the results of obtained deterioration speeds, a further investigation on structural performance can be tested. We conduct an empirical study on a set of monitoring data for 71.140 km national roads in Japan to verify the usefulness of the proposed methodology.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {Road Maintenance and Repair Strategy with Benchmarking Methodology},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2010}
}