Managing solid waste through discrete location analysis: A case study in central Portugal

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1038-1046

  Antunes, A P ^a   Teixeira, J C ^a   Coutinho, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Location; Portugal; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL PORTUGAL; DISCRETE LOCATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; PORTUGAL; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 47049117309     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602422     Document Type: Article

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