A refined risk explicit interval linear programming approach for optimal watershed load reduction with objective-constraint uncertainty tradeoff analysis

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 129-140

  Yang, Pingjian ^a,b   Dong, Feifei ^a   Liu, Yong ^a,c   Zou, Rui ^d   Chen, Xing ^a   Huaicheng, Guo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Kunming International Center for Pleantu Lakes   (China)

^d TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration level; decision making; Lake Qionghai Watershed; objective constraint uncertainty tradeoff; refined risk explicit interval linear programming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LAKES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

ASPIRATION LEVEL; DECISION SUPPORTS; FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS; INTERVAL LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OBJECTIVE-CONSTRAINT UNCERTAINTY TRADEOFF; RISK TRADE-OFFS; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84949095791     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-014-0683-8     Document Type: Article

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