Performance evaluation of electric distribution utilities based on data envelopment analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 400-405

  Pahwa, Anil ^a   Feng, Xiaoming ^b   Lubkeman, David ^b  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b ABB INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Gap analysis; Performance benchmarking; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 0037291018     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2002.800986     Document Type: Article

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