Environmental objectives, cost efficiency, and multivariate stochastic control

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-325

  Li, Chuan Zhong ^a   Budh, Erika ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Environmental objectives; Multivariate stochastic control

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COST EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION REDUCTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROBABILISTIC CONSTRAINTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 40849140898     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-007-9095-5     Document Type: Article

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