A simple life cycle assessment method for green product conceptual design

Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 775-780

  Chen, J L ^a   Liau, Chih Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN;

GREEN PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES; PRODUCT CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS; TWO-PRODUCT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84963692089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2001.992466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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