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Improving Data Quality of Automated Pavement Condition Data Collection: Summary of State of the Practices of Transportation Agencies and Views of Professionals.
- Award ID(s):
- 1829144
- PAR ID:
- 10632458
- Publisher / Repository:
- Journal of transportation engineering
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of transportation engineering Part B Pavements
- Volume:
- 148
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2573-5438
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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