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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Web-based Implementation of Winter Maintenance Decision Support System using GIS and Remote Sensing

Abstract:

A major goal of this project was to implement a web-based Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (WMDSS) that enhances the capacity of stakeholders (city/county planners, resource managers, transportation personnel, citizens, and policy makers) to evaluate different procedures for managing snow removal assets optimally. This was accomplished by integrating geospatial analytical techniques (GIS and remote sensing), the existing snow removal asset management system, and web-based spatial decision support systems. The web-based system was implemented using the ESRI ArcIMS ActiveX Connector and related web technologies, such as Active Server Pages, JavaScript, HTML, and XML. The expert knowledge on snow removal procedures is gathered and integrated into the system in the form of encoded business rules using Visual Rule Studio. The system developed not only manages the resources but also provides expert advice to assist complex decision making, such as routing, optimal resource allocation, and monitoring live weather information.

Source(s):

Midwest Transportation Consortium

http://publications.iowa.gov/2752/1/winter_mdss.pdf

Date: 2004

Author:

Sugurmaran, Salim, Strauss, Fulcher

Keywords:


Decision support
Remote sensing
Internet/web site
Weather information
Route choice

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