January 01, 2024 book-chapter Aachen paper

The Quantitative Pedigree Approach

Springer eBooks, pp. 981–1023

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49317-1_12 OpenAlex

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Reinout Heijungs corresponding Aachen Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

Leiden University · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Affiliation as printed

Department of Operations Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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