Facility location planning for treatment of large household appliances in Spain

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-425

  Walther, Grit ^a   Spengler, Thomas ^a   Queiruga, Dolores ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Large household goods; PROMETHEE; Spain; WEEE; WLP

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CASE STUDY; LARGE HOUSEHOLD GOODS; RECYCLING SYSTEM;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FACILITY LOCATION; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; RECYCLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40849118557     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2008.017510     Document Type: Article

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