Fuzzy sets, decision making and expert systems
Fuzzy sets, decision making and expert systems
Modeling of Transport Risk for Hazardous Materials
Operations Research
Environmental Modelling & Software
Computers and Industrial Engineering
The use of parametric programming in fuzzy linear programming
Fuzzy Sets and Systems
Multiproduct aggregate production planning with fuzzy demands and fuzzy capacities
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
Minmax regret solutions for minimax optimization problems with uncertainty
Operations Research Letters
Accurate calculation of hazardous materials transport risks
Operations Research Letters
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Solid waste management is increasingly becoming a challenging task for the municipal authorities due to increasing waste quantities, changing waste composition, decreasing land availability for waste disposal sites and increasing awareness about the environmental risk associated with the waste management facilities. The present study focuses on the optimum selection of the treatment and disposal facilities, their capacity planning and waste allocation under uncertainty associated with the long-term planning for solid waste management. The fuzzy parametric programming model is based on a multi-objective, multi-period system for integrated planning for solid waste management. The model dynamically locates the facilities and allocates the waste considering fuzzy waste quantity and capacity of waste management facility. The model addresses uncertainty in waste quantity as well as uncertainties in the operating capacities of waste management facilities simultaneously. It was observed that uncertainty in waste quantity is likely to affect the planning for waste treatment/disposal facilities more as compared with the uncertainty in the capacities of the waste management facilities. The relationship between increase in waste quantity and increase in the total cost/risk involved in waste management is found to be nonlinear. Therefore, it is possible that a marginal change in waste quantity could increase the total cost/risk substantially. The information obtained from the analysis of modeling results can be effectively used for understanding the effect of changing the priorities and objectives of planning decisions on facility selections and waste diversions.