Optimal Work Force Allocation for Energy, Economic and Environmental Sustainability in the United Arab Emirates: A Goal Programming Approach

Energy Procedia

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 2999-3006

  Jayaraman, Raja ^a   La Torre, Davide ^a,b   Malik, Tufail ^a   Pearson, Yanthe E ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy Consumption; Environment; Goal Programming Model; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOAL PROGRAMMING MODEL; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84945564984     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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