Environmental policy analysis in freight transportation planning: An optimality assessment approach

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-109

  Nasiri, Fuzhan ^a   Manuilova, Anastassia ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental policy analysis; Fuzzy set theory; Greenhouse gas emissions; Multiobjective optimization; Multiple criteria analysis; Optimality assessment; Transportation planning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMALITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RATING;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 77958464914     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310701779519     Document Type: Article

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