Optimization of Accelerated Destructive Degradation Testing of Cementitious Materials for Their Performances Qualification under Aggressive Environments: The Case of Carbonation

Algorithm 1

Solution process of the EM algorithm.

	Step 1: set the initial value of the parameters and number of iterations
	Step 2: obtain according to equation (10)
	Step 3: put into equation (11) to obtain
	Step 4: can be obtained by solving equation (12), or can be approximated by using (14)
	Step 5: put into equation (13) to obtain
	Step 6: repeat time from steps 2 and 5