Application of fuzzy logic for the integration of environmental criteria in ecodesign

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4427-4431

  Herva, Marta ^a   Franco Uría, Amaya ^b   Carrasco, Eugenio F ^a   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecodesign tool; Ecological Footprint; Environmental Risk Assessment; Fuzzy logic; Life Cycle Assessment

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE BOTTLES; ECO-DESIGN TOOLS; ECODESIGN; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FUZZY LOGIC REASONING; GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; REASONING PROCEDURES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE;

BEVERAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUZZY INFERENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 82255192378     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.09.148     Document Type: Article

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