Article ID: | iaor2007814 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 171 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 349 |
End Page Number: | 372 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2006 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Liu L., Huang G.H., Li J.B., Wu X.Y. |
Keywords: | decision theory, programming: nonlinear |
In practical environmental systems with the effects of economies-of-scale (EOS), most relationships among different system components are nonlinear in nature, which can be described precisely only if a nonlinear model is employed. In this study, an interval nonlinear programming (INLP) model is developed and applied to the planning of a municipal solid waste (MSW) management system with EOS effects on system costs. The INLP has a nonlinear objective function and linear constraints. It handles nonlinearity presented as exponential functions. When exponential term