A model for the optimal allocation of trucks for solid waste management

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-96

  Bhat, Vasanthakumar N ^a,b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marginal analysis; Simulation; Solid waste; Truck allocation

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION;

MARGINAL ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; TRUCK ALLOCATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TIME; TRAVEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0030087602     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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