A data envelopment analysis approach to evaluation of operational inefficiencies in power generating units: a case study of indian power plants

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-425

  Chitkara, Puneet ^a,b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^b AK Vaidya MargSantosh Nagar   (India)

Author keywords

Auxiliary power consumption; Coal consumption; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Oil consumption; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); SLACK ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0032649501     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/59.761859     Document Type: Article

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