Bayesian network-based distress estimation using image features in road structure assessment

This paper presents a Bayesian network-based method for estimating a distress of road structures from inspection data. The distress is represented by a damage of road structures and its degree. In the previous work, the distress was estimated by utilizing Bayesian network based on categories of road structures, details of road structures and damaged parts. However, inspection data include not only the above items but also images of the distress. Therefore, by introducing the use of the images to the previous work, improvement of the distress estimation accuracy can be expected. The proposed method calculates Bayesian network from inspection items and their corresponding images to perform the distress estimation. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.