Modeling and evaluating the sustainability of smart solutions

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Hilty, Lorenz M ^a,b,c   Aebischer, Bernard ^d   Rizzoli, Andrea E ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence ^*

^e DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84901321455     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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