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Life cycle assessment (LCA), a comprehensive framework for analyzing the environmental impacts of products and systems on a cradle-to-grave paradigm, is a methodology closely related to environmentally extended input–output analysis. In this chapter, a discussion of the mathematical principles of LCA is given. Two illustrative case studies are also solved, and the corresponding LINGO codes are provided.
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Tan, R.R., Aviso, K.B., Promentilla, M.A.B., Yu, K.D.S., Santos, J.R. (2019). Life Cycle Assessment Models. In: Input-Output Models for Sustainable Industrial Systems. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1873-3_7
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