Title: Enhancing LCA-related decision-making

Authors: Giannis T. Tsoulfas, Nikos P. Rachaniotis, Costas P. Pappis

Addresses: School of Social Science, Hellenic Open University, 57-59 Bouboulinas Str., 26222 Patras, Greece. ' Department of Industrial Management, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534, Piraeus, Greece. ' Department of Industrial Management, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534, Piraeus, Greece

Abstract: In this paper, the problem of decision-making within a life cycle assessment framework is treated. Models are developed and a methodology is proposed by means of which a dominance analysis may be performed and the activities with significant contribution to the environmental performance of a product system may be revealed. Several models are proposed, in which environmental, economic and technical criteria are integrated from several alternative perspectives, using integer programming techniques.

Keywords: decision making; integer programming; life cycle assessment; LCA; dominance analysis; environmental performance; modelling; economic criteria; technical criteria.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDSRM.2010.037484

International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, 2010 Vol.2 No.3/4, pp.217 - 227

Published online: 14 Dec 2010 *

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