Economic Allocation: Examples and Derived Decision Tree

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-33

  Guinée, Jeroen B ^a   Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation; Aluminium; Economic allocation; Inventory analysis; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Multi functionality; Open loop recycling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0742266646     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978533     Document Type: Article

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