A method for determining the environmental footprint of industrial products using simulation

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2131-2142

  Lindskog, Erik ^a   Lundh, Linus ^a   Berglund, Jonatan ^b   Lee, Y Tina ^b   Skoogh, Anders ^a   Johansson, Björn ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DES METHODS; DYNAMIC ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; REAL WORLD OPERATIONS; SIMPLIFIED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; STATIC METHOD;

COMMUNICATION; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84863240211     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2011.6147926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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