Exact and heuristic approaches for the locational planning of an integrated solid waste management system

Operational Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-347

  Mitropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Giannikos, Ioannis ^b   Mitropoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Facility location; Municipal solid waste management; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350214288     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-009-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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