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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-17-104    Date:  June 2018
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-104
Date: June 2018

 

Using Multi-Objective Optimization to Enhance Calibration of Performance Models in the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide

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