Stochastic decision modeling for sustainable pavement designs

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1185-1199

  Kucukvar, Murat ^a   Noori, Mehdi ^a   Egilmez, Gokhan ^b   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic input output analysis; Life cycle sustainability assessment; Multi criteria decision making; Pavements; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84902544597     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0723-4     Document Type: Article

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