A fuzzy decision aid model for environmental performance assessment in waste recycling

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-689

  Nasiri, Fuzhan ^a   Huang, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Fuzzy sets; Multiple attribute analysis; Performance assessment; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FUZZY DECISION; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE RECYCLING;

FUZZY SETS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39149132499     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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