Representing statistical distributions for uncertain parameters in LCA: Relationships between mathematical forms, their representation in EcoSpold, and their representation in CMLCA

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 248-254

  Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Frischknecht, Rolf ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ESU services   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMLCA; Ecoinvent; EcoSpold, ISO 14048; Lognormal distribution; Normal distribution; Statistical distributions; Triangular distribution; Uncertainties; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 23644451775     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2004.09.177     Document Type: Article

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