An interval full-infinite programming method to supporting environmental decision-making

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 709-728

  He, L ^a   Huang, G H ^a,b   Tan, Q ^a   Liu, Z F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental decision; Functional interval; Interval full infinite programming; Semi infinite programming; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LINEARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLID WASTES; SOLUTIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; IMPACT FACTOR (IF); IMPRECISE INFORMATION; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; SEMI INFINITE PROGRAMMING (SIP); SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM); SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; SUB-MODELS;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 47749091652     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150802043681     Document Type: Article

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