Uncertainty in environmentally conscious decision making: Beer or wine?

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-705

  Mattila, Tuomas ^a   Leskinen, Pekka ^a   Soimakallio, Sampo ^b   Sironen, Susanna ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beer; Carbon footprint; Consumer choice; Life cycle assessment; Monte Carlo simulation; Multiple criteria decision analysis; Uncertainty; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEER; BIOMASS; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY; WINE;

EID: 84865146531     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0413-z     Document Type: Article

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