Use of simulation and modelling to develop a sustainable production system

Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-161

  Taplin, David M R ^a,b,c   Spedding, Trevor A ^c   Khoo, Hsien H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CO2 and global warming; Metal recycling; Simulation model; Sustainability indicators; Transport pollution

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RECYCLING; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33748303024     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.260     Document Type: Article

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