Intervention planning literature summary
| Author | Network | Object types | Optimisation goals | Considered characteristics | Optimisation technique | Result | Simplifications | Unconsidered characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur et al. (2009) | Sewer | Pipes | Framework only | Failure probability function, inspection data, network effects | Framework only | Optimal intervention programme | Scores instead of real values | Other networks |
| Louit et al. (2009) | Electricity | Conductors | Minimise cost, as in the study by Stillman (2003), maximise availability or maximise profit for the network operator | Budget limit, availability limit | Statistical estimation | Optimal time interval between interventions | Failure modes disregarded, fixed intervention policy, time-independent costs | Network effects, other infrastructure networks |
| Egger et al. (2013) | Road | Pavement layers | Minimise cost, maximise reliability and Pareto surface from both | Pavement design demand, traffic demand, actual pavement load | Genetic algorithm | Optimal intervention programme for one object | Only one intervention type | Network effects, other infrastructure networks |
| Egger et al. (2013) | Sewer | Pipes | Determine deterioration function | Failure probability function, inspection data, expert knowledge | Monte Carlo Markov chain | Deterioration function posterior distributions | Intervention programmes | |
| Dehghanian et al. (2013) | Electricity or gas | All | Maximise the condition-improvement-to-cost ratio | Failure probability, network reliability | Iterative method | Optimal strategy to construct an intervention programme | General level, no detailed methodologies given | Other infrastructure networks |
| Mathew and Isaac (2015) | Road | All | Pareto front for cost minimisation and condition maximisation | Road condition index, intervention types, condition index history | Genetic algorithm | Pareto front to calculate intervention programmes | Independent objects | Network effects, other infrastructure networks, grouping benefits |
| Zayed and Mohamed (2013) | Water | Pipes | Minimise sum of intervention costs and expected failure costs | Network simulation | Proprietary optimisation | Optimal clustered intervention programme | Objects independent | Network effects, other infrastructure networks |
| Lethanh et al. (2014) | Road | All | Minimise short- and long-term costs for users and road operators | Network structure, traffic configuration, spatial distribution | Linear programme | Optimal clustered intervention programme for 1 year | Linearisation, independence of work zones | Multiple years, other networks |
| Tscheikner-Gratl et al. (2016) | Water, sewer, road | Pipes/road section | Minimise criticality | Object condition, deterioration models, network configuration | Iterative method | Optimal clustered intervention programme | Interactions between networks, level of service |
| Author | Network | Object types | Optimisation goals | Considered characteristics | Optimisation technique | Result | Simplifications | Unconsidered characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | Pipes | Framework only | Failure probability function, inspection data, network effects | Framework only | Optimal intervention programme | Scores instead of real values | Other networks | |
| Electricity | Conductors | Minimise cost, as in the study by | Budget limit, availability limit | Statistical estimation | Optimal time interval between interventions | Failure modes disregarded, fixed intervention policy, time-independent costs | Network effects, other infrastructure networks | |
| Road | Pavement layers | Minimise cost, maximise reliability and Pareto surface from both | Pavement design demand, traffic demand, actual pavement load | Genetic algorithm | Optimal intervention programme for one object | Only one intervention type | Network effects, other infrastructure networks | |
| Sewer | Pipes | Determine deterioration function | Failure probability function, inspection data, expert knowledge | Monte Carlo Markov chain | Deterioration function posterior distributions | Intervention programmes | ||
| Electricity or gas | All | Maximise the condition-improvement-to-cost ratio | Failure probability, network reliability | Iterative method | Optimal strategy to construct an intervention programme | General level, no detailed methodologies given | Other infrastructure networks | |
| Road | All | Pareto front for cost minimisation and condition maximisation | Road condition index, intervention types, condition index history | Genetic algorithm | Pareto front to calculate intervention programmes | Independent objects | Network effects, other infrastructure networks, grouping benefits | |
| Water | Pipes | Minimise sum of intervention costs and expected failure costs | Network simulation | Proprietary optimisation | Optimal clustered intervention programme | Objects independent | Network effects, other infrastructure networks | |
| Road | All | Minimise short- and long-term costs for users and road operators | Network structure, traffic configuration, spatial distribution | Linear programme | Optimal clustered intervention programme for 1 year | Linearisation, independence of work zones | Multiple years, other networks | |
| Water, sewer, road | Pipes/road section | Minimise criticality | Object condition, deterioration models, network configuration | Iterative method | Optimal clustered intervention programme | Interactions between networks, level of service |