Circulation indices: New tools for analyzing the structure of material cascades

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 85-104

  Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^a   Kishino, Hirohisa ^b   Hanyu, Kazunori ^c   Hayashi, Chikio ^d   Abe, Kanji ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cascading; Circulation Index; Fiber flow; Paper recycling

Indexed keywords

CASCADING STRUCTURES; CIRCULATION INDICES; QUALITY DETERIORATION; RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSERVATION; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS BALANCE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PAPER; PRODUCTIVITY;

RECYCLING;

PLANNING METHOD; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING;

EID: 0033991005     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(99)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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