The LTPP International Data Analysis Contest or the LTPP Data Analysis Contest is an annual international

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contest held by the

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and

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. As the name suggests, the participants are supposed to use the

LTPP Long-Term Pavement Performance Program, known as LTPP, is a research project supported by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to collect and analyze pavement data in the United States and Canada. Currently, the LTPP acquires the largest road p ...

data in their analysis. The winners of this data analysis contest are announced in the early January during the

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annual meeting.

History

The

database contains the data of more than 2500 road sections across the US and

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. The

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and ASCE launched a joint effort to encourage researchers around the world to use the LTPP data. The contest was first introduced in 1998 by the

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(T&DI) of the

and the

. The goal of the contest is to encourage consultants, academics and data scientists around the world to use the

database for generating knowledge about the behaviour of pavements and roads.

Winners

References

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