Comprehensive Evaluation of Sludge Treatment Schemes Based on Projection Pursuit Model
To explore new ideas for treating sludge in the urban rivers, 4 different sludge treatment schemes were proposed, the construction safety, projection duration, enthusiasm of the public, environmental coordination, resource utilization, supporting of government, benefits, and project cost of the schemes were selected as the main evaluation indexes, and the projection pursuit model was introduced to evaluate the schemes comprehensively. Results showed that: the evaluation and selection of sludge treatment schemes conformed to the calculation requirements of the projection pursuit model; S3 was the optimal sludge treatment scheme with best comprehensive benefits, the projection value of which was recorded as 1.198, much more than that of other treatments. Therefore, it was concluded that using sludge to produce brick (S3) was more appropriate for the sludge treatment in urban rivers, and which depended on the wide market of bricks and had good practical benefits. The study achievements could provide beneficial basis for the river management and the sludge treatment in cities, and also provide the practical basis for the application of statistical models on the selection of project schemes.