"Previous Literature" and Methodology

[michaelweinold]

...I will collect some related literature here:

[michaelweinold]

@cmutel, are you already familiar with the work of Nakamura and Kondo on (non-linear) model-based LCA?

[michaelweinold]

Section 9.1 Non-linear models in Computational Structure of Life-Cycle Assessment discusses non-linear production models and solutions to the inventory problem.

[cmutel]

For those of us who don't have a spare CHF 140 in our pockets, could you summarize or upload the key page(s)?

[michaelweinold]

I would suggest those interested in this chapter violate copyright on their own, if they don't have legal access 🙈
The major shadow libraries all have the pdf of this book on file.

[cmutel]

Indeed they do. Not really worth it though - they claim all non-linear relationships would have to be solved simultaneously, which is indeed hard, and conclude that:

The focus of LCA is system-wide on a microscopic level. This can only be achieved on the expense of ignoring certain details, for instance, non-linearities. Including non-linear relationships is likely to imply a more modest ambition with respect to either the system-wide character or the microscopic character.