Efficient management of air quality considering fuzzy confidences with varied reliabilities

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 947-964

  Xu, Y ^a   Huang, G H ^a,b   Shao, L G ^c   Chen, C ^d  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

air quality management; fuzzy chance constrained programming; interval linear programming; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DISCRETE INTERVALS; FUZZY CHANCE-CONSTRAINED PROGRAMMING; FUZZY UNCERTAINTIES; MODEL CONSTRAINTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84864041810     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2011.620102     Document Type: Article

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