Multi-criteria analysis for technique assessment: Case study from industrial coating

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-142

  Geldermann, Jutta ^a,b   Rentz, Otto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Institute for Industrial Production (IIP)   (Germany)

^c IIP ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mass and energy flow management; Outranking; Sensitivity analysis; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MASS AND ENERGY FLOW MANAGEMENT; OUTRANKING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COATINGS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 24644476483     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1088198054821591     Document Type: Article

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