A PSO-based optimum consumer incentive policy for WEEE incorporating reliability of components

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4372-4380

  Agarwal, Gaurav ^a   Barari, Sikhar ^a   Tiwari, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

consumer return policy; end of life stage (EOL); particle swarm optimisation (PSO); reliability modelling; reverse logistics management; waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

END-OF-LIFE; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMISATION; RETURN POLICY; REVERSE LOGISTICS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

RELIABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 84865009398     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.590538     Document Type: Article

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