Assessing nutrient fluxes in a Vietnamese rural area despite limited and highly uncertain data

Nga Do-Thu, Antoine Morel, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham-Duc, Kei Nishida and Thammarat Kootattep

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2011, vol. 55, issue 9, 849-856

Abstract: Material flow analysis (MFA) is a useful methodology to describe and quantify complex systems based on the law of mass conservation. It was further adapted to suit the specific conditions in developing countries where the available data is scarce and uncertain. The ‘adapted MFA’ methodology optimises the number of parameters, describes these parameters as probability distributions and assesses the accuracy and uncertainty of the model values by Monte Carlo simulation.

Keywords: Material flow analysis (MFA); Monte Carlo simulation; Data uncertainty and scarcity; Nutrient recovery; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.04.008

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