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The International Roughness Index (IRI) is the roughness index most commonly obtained from measured longitudinal road profiles. It is calculated using a quarter-car vehicle math model, whose response is accumulated to yield a roughness index with units of slope (in/mi, m/km, etc.). This performance measure has less stochasticity and subjectivity in comparison to other pavement performance indicators, but it is not completely devoid of randomness. The sources of variability in IRI data include the difference among the readings of different runs of the test vehicle and the difference between the readings of the right and left wheel paths. Despite these facts, since its introduction in 1986, the IRI has become the road roughness index most commonly used worldwide for evaluating and managing road systems. The measurement of IRI is required for data provided to the United States Federal Highway Administration, and is covered in several standards from ASTM International: ASTM E1926 - 08, ASTM E1364 - 95(2005), and others. IRI is also used to evaluate new pavement construction, to determine penalties or bonus payments based on smoothness.

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  2. Sayers, M.W., Gillespie, T. D., and Paterson, W.D. Guidelines for the Conduct and Calibration of Road Roughness Measurements, World Bank Technical Paper No. 46, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1986.
  3. Sayers, M. W. (Michael W.) (1986). International road roughness experiment : establishing methods for correlation and a calibration standard for measurements. World Bank Technical Paper No. 45. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. ISBN 0-8213-0589-1. OCLC 1006487409.  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1006487409
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  8. Sayers, M.W., Profiles of Roughness. Transportation Research Record 1260, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 1990
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