Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in life cycle assessment

Reinout Heijungs

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Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in life cycle assessment

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used for making science-based decisions. One part of that science is that many of the numbers that enter the calculation suffer from uncertainty, and that certain choices have to be made as well. As a result, the information that is used by the decision maker is subject to uncertainty. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis are generic names of techniques that seek to identify and quantify such uncertainties. This article surveys these two fields.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies
Editors	M Abraham
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	235-248
Number of pages	14
Volume	1
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323903868
ISBN (Print)	9780443222870
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90386-8.00039-5
Publication status	Published - 2024

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