Multi-criteria decision making to support waste management: A critical review of current practices and methods

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-28

  Goulart Coelho, Lineker M ^a,b   Lange, Liséte C ^a   Coelho, Hosmanny M G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

literature review; multi attribute decision making; Multi criteria decision making; multi objective decision making; solid waste management

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS AND CONTROLS; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING MODELS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FACILITY LOCATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WORK; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOLID WASTE;

DECISION MAKING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 85008622441     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X16664024     Document Type: Review

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