A theoretical method of environmental performance evaluation in the context of big data

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2017, Pages 976-984

  Song, Malin ^a   Du, Qianqian ^a   Zhu, Qingyuan ^b,c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; data envelopment analysis; environmental efficiency; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DATA ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRODUCTION PROCESS; THEORETICAL METHODS;

BIG DATA;

EID: 85022192691     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2017.1336801     Document Type: Article

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