Uncertainty in Environmental Assessment for the Built Environment

Contruction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 411-419

  Ries, Robert ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (CDF); ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); STANDARD DEVIATION (SD);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; GEOPHYSICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342427514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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