An optimization model for the selection of wastewater and sludge treatment alternatives

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-20

  Tang, S L ^a   Wong, C L ^a   Ellis, K V ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Environmental factors; Operations research; Optimization; Priority vector; Reciprocal matrix; Socio cultural factor; Systems analysis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; PRIORITY VECTORS; RECIPROCAL MATRIX;

DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; MODELLING APPROACH; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031077416     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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