A system boundary identification method for life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-660

  Li, Tao ^a   Zhang, Hongchao ^a,b   Liu, Zhichao ^a   Ke, Qingdi ^c   Alting, Leo ^d  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Process tree; Search algorithm; System boundary; Threshold rule

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION METHOD; CASE STUDY; CURVE FITTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84898876625     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0654-5     Document Type: Article

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