Municipal solid waste management under uncertainty: An interval-fuzzy two-stage stochastic programming approach

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-104

  Li, Y P ^a   Huang, G H ^b   Xiao, H N ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environment; Fuzzy; Interval optimization; Solid waste; Two stage; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57649243205     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200800128     Document Type: Article

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