Indirect benefits of P2 technical assistance estimated using fuzzy set theory

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-779

  Youngblood, Doug J ^a   Dvorak, Bruce I ^b   Hawkey, Stacey A ^c  

^a CDM Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c University of Nebraska Lincoln   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect; Intangible; Liability avoidance; Pollution prevention

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COST REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OPERATING COSTS;

INTANGIBLE; LIABILITY AVOIDANCE; POLLUTION PREVENTION;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 37049009701     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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