Greenhouse gas mitigation-induced rough-interval programming for municipal solid waste management

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1546-1559

  Lu, Hongwei ^a   Huang, Guohe ^a,b   Liu, Zhenfang ^a   He, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE GASES; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; INTERVAL PROGRAMMING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 58149316321     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.12.1546     Document Type: Article

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