Treatment Suitability Scores

Overview

Parameters held in under the treatment_suitability_scores lookup set key comprise constants that are used in the assignment of Treatment Suitability Scores. These parameters are only used in the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model.

If you are running an MCDA model, the parameters discussed on this page are of vital importance. To understand the role that these lookup parameters play in triggering treatments, we strongly recommend that you carefully study this page dealing specifically with the rules for triggering treatments in an MCDA model.

Lookup Set Key

The key to identify this set in the model code is ‘treatment_suitability_scores’ (case-sensitive)

Change Level

Parameters held under the treatment_suitability_scores lookup set should be reviewed for each project type.

These parameters can be optimised for a specific network by using them as variables in a Goal Seek model.

Lookup Parameters

Parameters contained in this lookup set are detailed below. Note that parameter keys are case-sensitive.

setting_key setting_value comment
rehab_excess_rut_thresh 17.2 Rut threshold above which boost (for Rehabs) is applied (see below)
rehab_excess_rut_fact 4.8 Multiply excessive rut with this value to get the boost for Rehab TSS based on excessive rut (if any)
rehab_pdi_rank 95.2 PDI rank below which TSS score for Rehab becomes zero
holding_pdi_rank_pt1 86.3 PDI rank below which score for holding action becomes zero
holding_pdi_rank_pt2 96.3 PDI rank at which score for holding action is maximal (100)
holding_pdi_rank_pt3 27.9 TSS for holding action based on PDI when PDI rank is 100
holding_max_rut 12.0 Do not consider holding action if rut is above this value (unless it is not a rehab route in which case it is ignored)
preserve_sdi_rank 0.0 SDI Rank below which score for Preservation becomes zero (we want to apply preservation where there is some surface distress)
preserve_max_pdi_chipseal 20.0 Do not consider Chipseal Preservation treatment if PDI is above this value
preserve_max_pdi_ac 5.0 Do not consider AC Preservation treatment if PDI is above this value (if above, AC holding will be triggered) - Keep this LOW because Preserve AC includes no repairs!!
holding_max_pdi_ac 30.0 Do not consider AC Holding treatment if PDI is above this value
preserve_max_rut 11.5 Do not consider preservation if RUT is above this value
preserve_min_sla 68.9 Do not consider preservation if Surface Life Achieved % is below this value