Mathematics in sustainable development

Code: MA566 | L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-6

An overview of sustainable development; System methodologies, ideas and representation of systems, state space representation; Decisions and multi-criteria optimization, optimization, decision making, multi-criteria problems, decision support methods; Uncertainty and fuzzy systems, fuzzy sets and operations; Case studies: reduction of domestic waste, water management, transport decision making, climate change.

Texts:

1. Marion Hersh and Ileana Hamburg, Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development, Environmental Engineering, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006
2. John N. Mordeson and Sunil Mathew, Sustainable Development Goals: Analysis by Mathematics of Uncertainty, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, Springer International Publishing, 2021

References:

1. Zigurds Krishans, Anna Mutule, Yuri Merkuryev and Irina Oleinikova, Dynamic Management of Sustainable Development Methods for Large Technical Systems, Springer-Verlag London, 2011
2. Michel De Lara and Luc Doyen, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008