This study presents an application of artificial neural networks (ANN) for the prediction of repeated creep test results for polypropylene (PP) modified asphalt mixtures. Polypropylene fibers are used to modify the bituminous binder in order to improve the physical and mechanical properties of the resulting asphaltic mixture. Marshall specimens, fabricated with M-03 type polypropylene fibers at...

This study was intended to determine the characteristics of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) using Tandung river stone, North Toraja Regency with added sugarcane fiber waste levels 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4%. The methodology this research is test coarse, fine, filler aggregates then design composition mixture addition also conventional Marshall testing Immersion obtain residual stability values. results i...

Colonies of ants can collectively choose the best of several nests, even when many of the active ants who organize the move visit only one site. Understanding such a behavior can help us design efficient distributed decision making algorithms. Marshall et al. propose a model for house-hunting in colonies of ant Temnothorax albipennis. Unfortunately, their model does not achieve optimal decision...