Dynamic modeling the economic effectiveness of construction waste management

Xitong Gongcheng Lilun yu Shijian/System Engineering Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2415-2421

  Yuan, Hong Ping ^a   Wang, Jia Yuan ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Construction waste; Economic effectiveness; System dynamics; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH;

SYSTEM THEORY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84885942059     PISSN: 10006788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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