The use of uncertainty analysis as a food waste estimation tool

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-206

  Langley, Joseph ^a   Yoxall, Alaster ^a   Manson, Graeme ^b   Lewis, Walter ^c   Waterhouse, Alison ^c   Thelwall, David ^d   Thelwall, Sarah ^d   Parry, Andrew ^e   Leech, Barbara ^e  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c The Faraday Packaging Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^d Prospect Management Services   (United Kingdom)

^e Waste & Resources Action Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Food waste; Uncertainty analysis; Wmr 1379 5

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FOOD WASTE; GOVERNMENT IS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; INTERNET BASED; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MULTIPLE INPUTS; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; SOLUTION PROVIDERS; TECHNIQUES USED; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE REDUCTION; WMR 1379-5;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND FILL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFILL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66049095587     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08095231     Document Type: Article

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