LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS
; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-ANALYSIS
; STOCHASTIC MULTIATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS
; ECO-EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
; CHEMISTRY-BASED MODEL
; IMPACT ASSESSMENT
; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
; MATERIAL SELECTION
; SUPPORT-SYSTEM
WOS学科分类:
Management
; Operations Research & Management Science
WOS研究方向:
Business & Economics
; Operations Research & Management Science
英文摘要:
The environmental and social impacts of products are being increasingly scrutinized. This necessitates systematic assessment methods. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) provides a framework to addresses diverse sustainability issues over the product's life cycle, but its application is complicated. Major challenges, such as the selection of relevant indicators, multi-criteria comparisons of alternatives, the treatment of uncertainties, or the integration of spatially differentiated data, can be facilitated by adopting advanced analytical methods from Operations Research. This paper reviews 142 articles that use Operations Research methods for product-related sustainability assessments. The articles were selected from peer-reviewed scientific literature in a systematic search and screening process. Descriptive analysis shows that related publication output is growing over time and originates mainly in journals related to Environmental Management. While ecological indicators are considered by most articles, the integration of economic and social indicators is emerging. Focusing on the contributions of Operations Research, a detailed analysis shows that more than half of the articles adopt methods from Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM), followed by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Multi-Objective Decision Making (MODM). Uncertainties with regard to inventory data and decision makers' preferences are addressed using fuzzy logic, stochastic models, or sensitivity analysis. The use of spatially differentiated data is not frequently found in the reviewed articles. Research needs derived from this analysis comprise the integration of qualitative and semi-quantitative (social) indicators, the simultaneous consideration of global and local sustainability objectives, and the application of systematic procedures to address uncertainty. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
1.Tech Univ Carolo Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Inst Automot Management & Ind Prod, Muhlenpfordtstr 23, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany 2.Univ Rhode Isl, Dept Mech Ind & Syst Engn, 103 Gilbreth Hall, Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Recommended Citation:
Thies, Christian,Kieckhaefer, Karsten,Spengler, Thomas S.,et al. Operations research for sustainability assessment of products: A review[J]. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH,2019-01-01,274(1):1-21