Assessment of health-care waste treatment alternatives using fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approaches

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 57, Issue , 2011, Pages 98-107

  Dursun, Mehtap ^a   Karsak, E Ertugrul ^a   Karadayi, Melis Almula ^a,b  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy integral; Fuzzy multi criteria group decision making; Health care waste management; Hierarchical fuzzy multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; DECISION MAKERS; EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; EVALUATION PROCESS; FUZZY INTEGRAL; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; HEALTH CONCERNS; HIERARCHICAL FUZZY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; ISTANBUL; LINGUISTIC TERMS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; MULTI-LEVEL; STEAM STERILIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH; INCINERATION; LINGUISTICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEALTH CARE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STEAM STERILIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 80055024000     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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