Application of FCE-AHP method for multi-criteria decision-making of municipal solid waste management alternatives: A case study in the Dalian Development Zone of China

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 465-484

  Du, Jing ^a,b   Xu, Ling ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^a   Adohinzin, Junior B N ^a   Harashina, Sachihiko ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative selection; Analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation; Multi criteria decision making; Municipal solid waste management; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SELECTIONS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT; FUZZY COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OPERATION PROCEDURE; SCIENTIFIC EVALUATIONS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84863141090     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2011.043518     Document Type: Article

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