Methods for life cycle inventory of a product

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 687-697

  Suh, Sangwon ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hybrid analysis; Input output based LCI; Life Cycle Inventory (LCI); Matrix representation of product system; Process flow diagram

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STEEL; WASTE TREATMENT;

HYBRID ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT BASED LCI; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY (LCI); MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF PRODUCT SYSTEMS; PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 10844236313     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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