Trading pollutant discharge permits in rivers using fuzzy nonlinear cost functions

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Mesbah, Seyyed Morteza ^a   Kerachian, Reza ^a   Torabian, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy nonlinear regression; The Zarjub river; Tradable discharge permit (TDP); Water quality management

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COSTS; ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY; COMMAND-AND-CONTROL; COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; FUZZY NONLINEAR REGRESSION; FUZZY NONLINEAR REGRESSIONS; LOWER COST; NONLINEAR COST FUNCTIONS; POLLUTANT DISCHARGES; RATIO SYSTEMS; RIVER SYSTEMS; TRADABLE DISCHARGE PERMIT (TDP); TRADABLE DISCHARGE PERMITS; TRADING PATTERNS; TRADING PROGRAMS; TRANSFERABLE DISCHARGE PERMITS; TREATMENT COSTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT COSTS; WATER FLOWS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZARJUB RIVER;

EID: 71849083565     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.048     Document Type: Article

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