Green process design , industrial ecology , and 3 sustainability : A systems analysis perspective
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8 This paper presents a systems analysis perspective that extends the traditional process design 9 framework to green process design and industrial ecology leading to sustainability. For green process 10 design this involves starting the design decisions as early as chemical and material selection stage on 11 one end, and managing and planning decisions at the other end. However, uncertainties and multiple 12 and conflicting objectives are inherent in such a design process. Uncertainties increase further in 13 industrial ecology. Combining AI approaches with optimization methods, and constraining the system 14 using thermodynamics and physics can provide a way to address this problem. The concept of overall 15 sustainability goes beyond industrial ecology and brings in time dependent nature of the ecosystem and 16 multi-disciplinary decision making. Optimal control methods and theories from financial literature 17 can be useful in handling the time dependent uncertainties in this problem. 18 © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 19
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