KYTC MDSS
Status
Existing
Description
MDSS is a server– and client–side hardware and software package that provides winter maintenance support. MDSS offers visualizations of the real time maintenance data integrated from many sources (weather forecasts, RWIS, plow positions, materials, spread rates, etc.) and reports actual road conditions to establish appropriate maintenance treatments. It enables weather and roadway conditions predictions and identifies an optimal maintenance plan given user–configurable resources. MDSS also communicates recommendations to the maintenance personnel.
Stakeholders
Physical Objects
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
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| MCM Maintenance Decision Support | 'MCM Maintenance Decision Support' recommends maintenance courses of action based on current and forecast environmental and road conditions and additional application specific information. Decisions are supported through understandable presentation of filtered and fused environmental and road condition information for specific time horizons as well as specific maintenance recommendations that are generated by the system based on this integrated information. The recommended courses of action are supported by information on the anticipated consequences of action or inaction, when available. | False |
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| MCM Winter Maintenance Management | 'MCM Winter Maintenance Management' manages winter road maintenance, tracking and controlling snow plow operations, roadway treatment (e.g., salt spraying and other material applications), and other snow and ice control operations. It monitors environmental conditions and weather forecasts and uses the information to schedule winter maintenance activities, determine the appropriate snow and ice control response, and track and manage response operations. | False |
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