A robust sustainability metric using possibility distributions

Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 494-501

  McCuskey, M C ^a   Taha, M M Reda ^a   Bogus, S ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS; IN-BUILDINGS; LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SUSTAINABILITY METRIC;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84891334095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40937(261)59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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