Capacity planning for an integrated waste management system under uncertainty: A North American case study

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 523-546

  Huang, G H ^a   Baetz, B W ^b   Patry, G G ^c   Terluk, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Educational Services Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Capacity planning; Decision making; Grey integer programming; Municipal solid waste management; Systems analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CAPACITY PLANNING; GREY INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

WASTES;

CAPACITY PLANNING; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; PLANNING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031259865     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0106     Document Type: Article

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