A fuzzy linear programming approach for municipal solid-waste management under uncertainty

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1081-1101

  Fan, Y R ^a   Huang, G H ^a,b   Li, Y P ^c   Cao, M F ^a   Cheng, G H ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environment; Fuzzy programming; Fuzzy sets; Solid waste management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; DECISION VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENT; EXISTING METHOD; FUZZY LINEAR PROGRAMMING; FUZZY PROGRAMMING; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; RIGHT-HAND SIDES; SOLUTION METHODS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FUZZY SETS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951454976     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150902866569     Document Type: Article

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