Industrial environmental performance evaluation: A Markov-based model considering data uncertainty

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Shokravi, Samaneh ^a,b   Smith, Alan J R ^b   Burvill, Colin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental model; Industrial process; Maintenance; Markov chain; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; MAINTENANCE; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FORMALDEHYDE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MAINTENANCE; MARKOV CHAIN; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903188932     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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