Application of TOPSIS and VIKOR improved versions in a multi criteria decision analysis to develop an optimized municipal solid waste management model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 166, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-115

  Aghajani Mir, M ^a   Taherei Ghazvinei, P ^a,b   Sulaiman, N M N ^a   Basri, N E A ^c   Saheri, S ^c   Mahmood, N Z ^d   Jahan, A ^e   Begum, R A ^c   Aghamohammadi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Global warming; Multi criteria decision making; Solid waste management; TOPSIS; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DECISION MAKING; LAND FILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERION DECISION MAKINGS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTE TREATMENT; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER OF PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTION; TREATMENT METHODS; VIEKRITERIJUMSKO KOMPROMISNO RANGIRANJE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIBILITY; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFILL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MALAYSIA; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTE;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; MALAYSIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84945275147     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.09.028     Document Type: Article

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