How to benefit from decision analysis in environmental life cycle assessment (LCA)

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-294

  Miettinen, Pauli ^a   Hämäläinen, Raimo P ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental decision making; Environmental effects; Life cycle assessment; Multiple criteria

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SERVICE LIFE;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE CRITERIA;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0031248869     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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