Integrated analysis of recycling and incineration programs by goal programming techniques

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-136

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Wang, S F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Goal programming; Solid waste management; System analysis

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; INCINERATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

GOAL PROGRAMMING; INCINERATION; MODELLING APPROACH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030804940     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0071     Document Type: Article

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