Linear programming as a tool in life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 305-316

  Azapagic, Adisa ^a   Clift, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation, multiobjective linear programming; Best Practical Environmental Option (BPEO); Boron; BPEO; Dual values, LCA; LCA; Life Cycle Assessment, LCA; Marginal analysis, LCA; Operations research, LCA; Pareto Analysis; System optimisation, LCA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032435256     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979340     Document Type: Article

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