POLCAGE 1.0 - A possibilistic life-cycle assessment model for evaluating alternative transportation fuels

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 907-918

  Tan, Raymond R ^a   Culaba, Alvin B ^a   Purvis, Michael R I ^b  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Decision support system (DSS); Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION;

FUEL CYCLE INVENTORY MODELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 3342897600     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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