Data quality: Assessing input data uncertainty in life cycle assessment inventory models

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-239

  Kennedy, Dale J ^a,c   Montgomery, Douglas C ^b   Rollier, Dwayne A ^b   Keats, J Bert ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality vector; LCA input data quality; LCI input data quality; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle inventory; Stochastic LCA modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000527875     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978420     Document Type: Article

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