Integrated Assessment of Environmental and Economic Performance of Chemical Products Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach* * Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20376025, No.20536020) and the China Excellent Young Scientist Fund (No.20225620).

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Yu, QIAN ^a   Zhixian, HUANG ^a   Zhiguo, YAN ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; chemical product; life cycle assessment; life cycle cost

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CHEMICAL PRODUCT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COST;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33947102776     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(07)60037-8     Document Type: Article

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