Insights into sustainability from complexity analysis of life cycle networks: A case study on gasoline and bio-fuel networks

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Singh, Shweta ^a   Bakshi, Bhavik R ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Input Output Model; Life Cycle Assessment; Networks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; CORN-ETHANOL; CRITICAL PATHS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; INPUT-OUTPUT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RECYCLING STRATEGY; RESOURCE FLOWS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FUELS; GASOLINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 79960731635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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