Infrastructure Asset Management System Optimized Configuration: A Genetic Algorithm–Complex Network Theoretic Metamanagement Approach

An effective infrastructure asset management (AM) system is crucial for utilities, city officers, government agencies, and other asset-owning organizations to facilitate navigating the numerous challenges associated with operating and managing infrastructure assets. In this paper, the AM system itself is represented as a complex network (comprised of nodes and links) that describes the major components necessary for its operation within an …