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The growing research debate concerning sustainability and its applications in interdisciplinary domain represents a conjunction point where basic and applied science (scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, technology, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences), but also qualified practitioners, compare and discuss advances in order to substance what we consider a the future perspective: “applied sustainability”. A relevant issue in order to compare and benchmark different position is the “sustainability performance assessment”. It means to discuss in a general view critical aspects and general issues in order to propose research directions and common parameters (indicators) to exchange and disseminate results and milestones in “sustainability” applications.
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Scorza, F., Grecu, V. (2016). Assessing Sustainability: Research Directions and Relevant Issues. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2016. ICCSA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9786. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42085-1_55
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