Evaluation of trade-offs between cost, perceived and environmental risk associated with the management of computer waste

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 135-163

  Ahluwalia, Poonam Khanijo ^a   Nema, Arvind K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Computer waste; Goal programming; Integrated waste management; Multi objective optimisation; Perceived risk; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; LIFE CYCLE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER WASTES; GOAL PROGRAMMING; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; PERCEIVED RISK; RELATIVE RISKS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 65449179175     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2009.024705     Document Type: Article

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