Application of fuzzy set theory to industrial pollution prevention: Production system modeling and life cycle assessment

Soft Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-433

  Woldt, W E ^a   Dvorak, B I ^b   Dahab, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaner production technology; Decision analysis; Fuzzy systems analysis; Industrial ecology; Industrial pollution prevention; Large scale systems; Life cycle assessment; Multiple criteria evaluation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLEANER PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTIPLE-CRITERIA EVALUATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 23044492440     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-002-0231-5     Document Type: Article

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