Making sustainability rankings using compromise programming. An application to European paper industry

The application of neural networks to the paper-making industry

This paper describes the application of neural network techniques to the papermaking industry, particularly for the prediction of paper "curl." Paper curl is an important quality measure that can only be measured reliably off-line after manufacture, making it difficult to control. Here we predict, before paper manufacture from characteristics of the current reel, whether the paper curl will be ...

Fuzzy compromise programming for Group decision making

A multicriteria technique named fuzzy compromise programming is combined with a methodology known as group decision making under fuzziness to come up with a new technique that supports decision making with multiple criteria and multiple participants (or experts). All criteria (qualitative and quantitative) are modeled by way of fuzzy sets, utilizing the fact that criteria values in most water r...

How to reconcile environmental and economic performance to improve corporate sustainability: corporate environmental strategies in the European paper industry.

This paper discusses the relationship between environmental and economic performance and the influence of corporate strategies with regard to sustainability and the environment. After formulating a theoretical model, results are reported from an empirical analysis of the European paper manufacturing industry. New data are used to test hypotheses derived from the theoretical model, using environ...

An AHP-Delphi Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model with Application to Environmental Decision-Making

Markovian inventory policy with application to the paper industry

This paper concerns problem formulation and solution procedure for inventory planning with Markov decision process models. Using data collected from a large paper manufacturer, we develop inventory policies for the finished products. To incorporate both variability and regularity of the system into mathematical formulation, we analyze probabilistic distribution of the demand, explore its connec...