Molecular-structure-based models of chemical inventories using neural networks

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6717-6722

  Wernet, Gregor ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Fischer, Ulrich ^a   Papadokonstantakis, Stavros ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INVENTORIES; INVENTORY DATA; STRUCTURE-BASED MODELS; CHEMICAL INVENTORY; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DATA GAP; DATA SETS; DESCRIPTORS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN STAGE; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INPUT SET; INVENTORY ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTORESISTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VEGETATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 50849126120     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7022362     Document Type: Article

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