Solid waste planning under uncertainty using evolutionary simulation-optimization

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-60

  Yeomans, Julian Scott ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public sector decision making under uncertainty; Simulation optimization; Waste management planning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33845324458     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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