Error propagation methods for LCA - A comparison

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1445-1461

  Heijungs, Reinout ^a,b   Lenzen, Manfred ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Gaussian error propagation; IOA; LCA; Monte Carlo; Sampling methods; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902535983     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0751-0     Document Type: Article

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