Uncertainty characterization for emergy values

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-452

  Ingwersen, Wesley W ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric variance; LCA; Lognormal; Transformity; UEV

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRIC VARIANCE; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MODEL CHOICE; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC METHODS; TRANSFORMITY; UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION;

ESTIMATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL CHECKING; STATISTICAL TESTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 72049120646     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.032     Document Type: Article

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