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Predicting Pavement Condition Index Using an ML Approach for a Municipal Street Network
Skellefteå Municipality, Skellefteå, Sweden; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish National Road And Transport Research Institute (vti), Linkoping, Sweden; University Of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4256-3034
Swedish National Road And Transport Research Institute (vti), Linkoping, Sweden.
Halmstad University, School of Information Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1043-8773
2025 (English)In: Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements, E-ISSN 2573-5438, Vol. 151, no 2, p. 1-13, article id 04025025Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Machine learning (ML) models are increasingly getting attention in predicting pavement maintenance methods to improve decision-making. This study investigates the use of ML at the municipal level to predict the street pavement condition index (PCI) rating over a 4-year span. Several supervised learning models, namely linear regression (LR), random forest (RF), and neural network (NN), were applied to the visually assessed pavement condition data of Skellefteå municipality, Sweden. Pavement distress, pavement age, and traffic data were used in several combinations to evaluate and compare the performance of the models. The RF model was based on paired variables of pavement age and pavement distress data. The results were comparatively accurate with R2=0.59 and Spearman's coefficient=0.74 for residential streets in the model testing stage. Similarly, for main, collector, and industrial (MCI) streets, the RF model, based on pavement age and traffic variables, performed best with R2=0.79 and Spearman's coefficient=0.88 during the model testing stage. The importance of input variables varies with the level of the model's sophistication and pavement performance goal; however, pavement age is the dominant variable. The prediction models can be useful in effectively managing street networks among municipalities, even those with scarce resources. © 2025 ASCE.

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Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2025. Vol. 151, no 2, p. 1-13, article id 04025025
Keywords [en]
Machine learning, Municipalities, Pavement condition index, Performance prediction, Random forest, Street maintenance
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Infrastructure Engineering Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55925DOI: 10.1061/JPEODX.PVENG-1568Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002142302OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-55925DiVA, id: diva2:1955456
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Mistra - The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, 2016/28
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Research funding also providedy by Skellefteå municipality.

Available from: 2025-04-30 Created: 2025-04-30 Last updated: 2025-04-30Bibliographically approved

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