Management of occupational exposure to engineered nanoparticles through a chance-constrained nonlinear programming approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1231-1249

  Chen, Zhi ^a,b   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Shu Shen ^b   Chen, Yu ^b   Yang, Feng Lin ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chance constrained programming; Emerging risk management; Environmental health and safety standards (EHS); Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs); Nonlinear programming; Occupational exposure; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

MANUFACTURING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; CHANCE CONSTRAINED NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; CONTROL STRATEGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84875677181     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041231     Document Type: Article

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