Water Pollution Control in River Basin by Interactive Fuzzy Interval Multiobjective Programming
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 123, Issue 12
Abstract
The potential conflict between protection of water quality and economic development by different uses of land within river basins is a common problem in regional planning. Many studies have applied multiobjective decision analysis under uncertainty to problems of this kind. This paper presents a variation on gray programming and fuzzy programming by combining the two approaches in an interactive multiobjective framework. The interactive fuzzy interval multiobjective mixed integer programming approach is illustrated in a case study for the evaluation of optimal wastewater treatment strategies for water pollution control in a river basin. In particular, it demonstrates how different types of uncertainty in a water pollution control system can be quantified and combined through the use of interval numbers and membership functions. The results indicate that such an approach is useful for handling system complexity and generating more flexible policies for water quality management in river basins.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 123 • Issue 12 • December 1997
Pages: 1208 - 1216
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Copyright © 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 1, 1997
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