Inexact minimax regret integer programming for long-term planning of municipal solid waste management - Part B: Application

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-234

  Li, Yongping ^a   Huang, Gordon H ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diversion; Environment; Planning; Scenario analysis; Solid waste; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PATTERNS; CAPACITY EXPANSIONS; CAPACITY PLANNING; DIVERSION; ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM RELIABILITIES; MINIMAX REGRETS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMINGS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; OPTIMAL ALTERNATIVES; REASONABLE SOLUTIONS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SYSTEM COSTS; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE COLLECTIONS; WASTE DIVERSIONS; WASTE FLOWS; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; SOLID WASTES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58349119208     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0241.ptB     Document Type: Article

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