Statistical estimation of missing data in life cycle inventory: An application to hydroelectric power plants

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 335-341

  Moreau, Vincent ^a   Bage, Gontran ^b   Marcotte, Denis ^c   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering   (Canada)

^b Dessau   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroelectricity; Kriging; Life cycle inventory; Missing data; Statistical estimation

Indexed keywords

COVARIATES; CROSS VALIDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HYDROPOWER PLANTS; INCOMPLETE DATA; INVENTORY DATA; JOINT ESTIMATION; KRIGING; LARGE POWER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MISSING DATA; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVED DATA; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; TECHNICAL PROPERTIES;

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; INTERPOLATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84865503922     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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