Development of an inexact fuzzy flexible programming approach for environmental pollution control

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1163-1176

  Lu, H W ^a   Huang, G H ^a,b   Maqsood, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Environmental Protection   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollution; fuzzy flexible programming; inexact; optimization; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AVERAGE VALUES; CONTROL PROBLEMS; CONTROL VARIABLE; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISION VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL; FLEXIBLE PROGRAMMING; FLEXIBLE PROGRAMMING MODEL; HUMAN HEALTH; INEXACT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SYSTEM OUTPUT; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 78649250713     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052151003702596     Document Type: Article

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