Using the Reliability Theory for Assessing the Decision Confidence Probability for Comparative Life Cycle Assessments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2272-2280

  Wei, Wei ^a   Larrey Lassalle, Pyrène ^b   Faure, Thierry ^a   Dumoulin, Nicolas ^a   Roux, Philippe ^b   Mathias, Jean Denis ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UMR ITAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONFIDENCE PROBABILITY; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; IMPORTANCE FACTORS; RELIABILITY METHODS; UNCERTAINTY PROBLEMS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84959479238     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03683     Document Type: Article

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