Systematic Evaluation of Uncertainty in Material Flow Analysis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 859-870

  Laner, David ^a   Rechberger, Helmut ^a   Astrup, Thomas ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data quality; Error propagation; Industrial ecology; Modeling; Substance flow analysis (SFA); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MODELS; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

DATA QUALITY; ERROR PROPAGATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908124790     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12143     Document Type: Article

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