Application of fuzzy DEMATEL to develop a cause and effect model of municipal solid waste management in Metro Manila

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 519-533

  Tseng, Ming Lang ^a   Lin, Yuan Hsu ^a  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Defuzzification; Fuzzy logic; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-EFFECT; CRITICAL ISSUES; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORIES; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; DEFUZZIFICATION; DEFUZZIFICATIONS; DEMATEL; EFFECT MODEL; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; LINGUISTIC INFORMATION; METRO MANILA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL VALUES;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY; FUZZY LOGIC; GOVERNMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHILIPPINES; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECISION MAKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILIPPINES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 72349096599     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0601-2     Document Type: Article

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