Improving urban wastewater management through an auction-based management of discharges

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 689-696

  Murillo, Javier ^a   Busquets, Dídac ^a   Dalmau, Jordi ^a   López, Beatriz ^a   Muñoz, Víctor ^a   Rodríguez Roda, Ignasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auction mechanisms; Benchmark Simulation Model; Discharge coordination; Integrated management; Urban wastewater system

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MECHANISMS; BENCHMARK SIMULATION MODEL; DISCHARGE COORDINATION; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; URBAN WASTEWATER SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; INDUSTRY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79951723130     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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