Minimax regret analysis for municipal solid waste management: An interval-stochastic programming approach

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 931-944

  Li, Yong P ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INTERVAL-STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MINIMAX REGRET ANALYSIS; SYSTEM-FAILURE RISKS;

SOLID WASTES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; COST; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33748365393     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464507     Document Type: Article

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