Interactions between operational research and environmental management
European Journal of Operational ResearchPublished 1 September 1995
Jacqueline M. Bloemhof‐Ruwaard, P. van Beek, L. Hordijk, Luk N. Van Wassenhove
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Abstract
Economic growth is frequently considered to be in conflict with sustainable development and environmental quality. Therefore, a decision maker needs to know how to deal with the environmental issues that come around. This article aims to inform Operational Researchers of the possibilities of incorporating environmental issues when analyzing industrial supply chains and to inform environmental scientists more generally of the value of using OR models and techniques in environmental research.
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