Assessment of the uncertainty associated with the energy indicator

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3156-3164

  Mendes, Carlos ^a   De Souza, Leonardo Silva ^a   Kalid, Ricardo ^a   Esquerre, Karla ^a   Kiperstok, Asher ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy indicator; Environmental performance; Evaluation of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ENERGY INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EVALUATION OF UNCERTAINTY; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955677018     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.04.031     Document Type: Review

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