title: Decision support models for solid waste management: review and game-theoretic approaches.
abstract: This paper surveys decision support models that are commonly used in the solid waste management area. Most models are mainly developed within three decision support frameworks, which are the life-cycle assessment, the cost-benefit analysis and the multi-criteria decision-making. These frameworks are reviewed and their strengths and weaknesses as well as their critical issues are analyzed, while their possible combinations and extensions are also discussed. Furthermore, the paper presents how cooperative and non-cooperative game-theoretic approaches can be used for the purpose of modeling and analyzing decision-making in situations with multiple stakeholders. Specifically, since a waste management model is sustainable when considering not only environmental and economic but also social aspects, the waste management bargaining game is introduced as a specific decision support framework in which future models can be developed.
authors: Sector of Industrial Management and Operational Research, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Athens, Greece. athkarmp@mail.ntua.gr
authors: Athanasios C
authors: AC
authors: Karmperis
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Aravossis
authors: Ilias P
authors: IP
authors: Tatsiopoulos
authors: Anastasios
authors: A
authors: Sotirchos
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005716:Game Theory; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D062611:Solid Waste
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste