PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE CASE OF VALENCIA (SPAIN) (Article published in Spanish)

Authors

  • José Manuel Brotons Martínez Profesor titular Economía Financiera y Contabilidad, Universidad Miguel Hernández, España.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0123-5923(11)70173-5

Keywords:

Financing, wastewater, fuzzy goal-based program

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to design a new way to maximize the profit of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). The establishment of multiple goals impedes their simul­taneous achievement. As a result, it will be enough to achieve a certain degree of satisfaction of each goal. Sometimes this approach can be ex­tremely difficult, so minor violations of some restrictions are exceptionally allowed. Fuzzy goal-based scheduling can be considered a suitable tool for these kinds of problems. In short, WWTPs will have a suitable tool for achieving profit maximization, and, at the same time, there will be a new system to measure efficiency in the sector.

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Published

2011-09-30

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Research articles

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PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE CASE OF VALENCIA (SPAIN) (Article published in Spanish). (2011). Estudios Gerenciales, 120(27), 147-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0123-5923(11)70173-5