A multicriteria facility location model for municipal solid waste management in North Greece

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1402-1421

  Erkut, Erhan ^a   Karagiannidis, Avraam ^b   Perkoulidis, George ^b   Tjandra, Stevanus A ^c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Location; Multiple criteria analysis; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

LAND FILL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFUSE INCINERATORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LEXICOGRAPHIC MINIMAX; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE FLOW;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 36849089202     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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