Numerical approaches to life cycle interpretation: The case of the ecoinvent'96 database

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-112

  Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Suh, Sangwon ^a   Kleijn, René ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contribution analysis; Discernibility analysis; Ecoinvent'96; Key issue analysis; Life cycle interpretation; Perturbation analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 14644432506     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2004.06.161     Document Type: Article

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