Locating landfills and transfer stations in Alberta

INFOR

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-298

  Eiselt, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landfills; Location problems; Municipal solid waste; Siting; Transfer stations

Indexed keywords

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLID WASTES; TRANSFER STATIONS;

GARBAGE TRANSFER STATIONS; LOCATION PROBLEMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

LAND FILL;

EID: 34548563632     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.2006.11732753     Document Type: Article

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