Siting and routing assessment for solid waste management under uncertainty using the grey mini-max regret criterion

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 654-672

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Davila, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Llano Grande Center for Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Grey programming; Mini max regret criterion; Regional science; Routing; Site selection; Solid waste management; Sustainable environment

Indexed keywords

GREY PROGRAMMING; MINI-MAX REGRET CRITERION; REGIONAL SCIENCE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID WASTES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ROUTING; SITE SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDFILL; MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE VALLEY;

EID: 33748959016     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0292-1     Document Type: Article

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