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Title: | OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTY | Authors: | ZHAO KENA | ORCID iD: | orcid.org/0000-0003-1350-3355 | Keywords: | Sustainability Problem, Data Uncertainty, Risk Preference, Robust Optimization, Environmental Impacts and Risks, Wastewater Treatment Systems Design, | Issue Date: | 3-Aug-2018 | Citation: | ZHAO KENA (2018-08-03). OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTY. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | This dissertation explicitly addresses data uncertainty issues in the modelling and optimization of environmental and sustainability problems in three major engineering systems: waste-to-energy system, water system and energy system. At its core, we collectively address three issues: 1) how to model uncertainties to properly incorporate different types of empirical data information, 2) how to interpret uncertain outcomes and design performance criteria that can well reflect decision-makers’ preferences and account for the environmental permit requirements, 3) how to incorporate these two aspects into modelling so that decisions of practical values can be obtained with modest computational efforts, while intuitive interpretations can be made to decision-makers from different backgrounds. It is a collection of three interrelated essays, motivated by the life cycle assessment study of waste-to-energy systems, wastewater treatment system design problem and energy supply reserve provision problem, respectively. The ideas can be generalized to the other environmental and sustainable problems. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/150372 |
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