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tri-generation plant, 219–221, 220f Multicriteria decision-making (MCDM)
Triple I, 199–200, 200f method, 379, 380f.
Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA), See also Multicriteria decision
56–57 analysis (MCDA)
benefits, limitations, and weaknesses, bioethanol production, 264t, 266
135–136 fuzzy MCDM, 338–339
future electricity scenarios, United fuzzy multiple criteria decision making,
Kingdom 318–330
goal and scope definition, 150 interval MCDM (see Interval multicriteria
interpretation, 155–157, 155–156f decision making method)
inventory analysis, 154–155 intuitional fuzzy MCDM, 338–339
scenario development, 150–153, methods, 338–339
151–152t, 153f stochastic MCDM, 338–339
impacts allocation, 134–135 sustainability ranking of alternatives,
large-scale biomass combustion 318–319
context, 137–138 Multicriteria intuitionistic fuzzy group
goal and scope definition, 138, 138f decision-making method.
indicators and impact assessment, 141, See Intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS)
142–144t
interpretation, 141–148, 145–147f,
149f N
inventory analysis, 138–141 Nanofarming technology, 13
life cycle assessment, 123–128, 123f National Alcohol Programme
life cycle costing and associated (PROALCOOL), 38
techniques, 129–131 Natural resources, 49, 167
MCDM methodology, 264t, 266 Net present value (NPV), 82, 94–96, 94f,
multicriteria decision making, 379, 380f 95–96t, 104–105, 105t, 184,
social life cycle assessment, 131–134, 133t 287–295
summed rank analysis, 157 Nexus approach, 61–62
sustainability performance, 263, 264t Normalized decision-making matrix, 351,
351t
Lignocellulose ethanol, 78
Northern Viet Nam, biodiesel systems, 167
Linear programming (LP) model, 281,
296–297 feedstocks
Logistic management, 286 cultivation areas, 170t, 171–172
functional unit, 176
Hibiscus sabdariffa L., 169–171, 170t
M Pongamia pinnata, 169, 170t
properties, 172–173, 174t
MCDA. See Multicriteria decision analysis
SATREPS Project, 172
(MCDA)
sustainability, 173
MCDM method. See Multicriteria
system boundary, 173–176, 175f
decision-making (MCDM) method
Vernicia montana L., 170t, 171
Mixed integer linear programming (MILP),
inclusive impact index (Triple I)
296–297
biocapacity, 177
Mixed integer nonlinear programming
biodiesel policies, 206–208
(MINLP), 281, 297
conversion factor calculation, 177–178
Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA),
ecological footprints, 177
136, 157, 294–296
LCI (see Life cycle inventory (LCI))