Model framework to construct a single aggregate sustainability indicator: An application to the biodiesel supply chain

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1963-1973

  Dos Santos, Silvio Francisco ^a   Brandi, Humberto Siqueira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Canberra distance; Distance metrics; Mahalanobis distance; Sustainability metrics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIODIESEL; CHAINS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION USE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIODIESEL SUPPLY CHAINS; CANBERRA DISTANCES; DISTANCE METRICS; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCES; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946495654     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-015-0919-8     Document Type: Article

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