A knowledge acquisition process to analyse operational problems in solid waste management facilities

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-344

  Dokas, Ioannis M ^a   Panagiotakopoulos, Demetrios C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Facility operation; Fault trees; Knowledge acquisition; Landfill; Solid waste management; wmr 873 2

Indexed keywords

FACILITY OPERATION; LOGIC DIAGRAMS; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAND FILL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT SYSTEM; LANDFILL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LANDFILL; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746159331     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06063349     Document Type: Article

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