Reduction of queuing delays at waste management facilities

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-331

  Wilson, Bruce G ^a   Baetz, Brian W ^b   Hall, Fred L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delays; Modelling; Queuing; Refuse collection; Solid waste management facilities

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAND FILL; QUEUEING THEORY; REFUSE COLLECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES; QUEUING DELAYS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 28344444790     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600215050     Document Type: Article

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