Embodied resource flows and product flows: Combining the absorbing markov chain with the input-output model

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-597

  Duchin, Faye ^a   Levine, Stephen H ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghosh matrix; Hybrid model; Industrial ecology; Leontief matrix; Material cycles; Resource network

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MODEL; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LEONTIEF; MATERIAL CYCLES; MATRIX; RESOURCE NETWORK;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND FILL; MARKOV PROCESSES; SECONDARY RECOVERY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

INDUSTRY;

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DATABASE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANDFILL; MARKOV CHAIN; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957877839     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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