Efficient generation of alternative perspectives in public environmental policy formulation: Applying co-evolutionary simulation-optimization to municipal solid waste management

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-413

  Yeomans, Julian Scott ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental decision making under uncertainty; Modelling to generate alternatives; Planning and strategy; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255138849     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0190-y     Document Type: Article

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