Integrating the regulatory and utility firm perspectives, when measuring the efficiency of electricity distribution

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1413-1424

  Lins, Marcos Pereira Estellita ^a   Sollero, Maria Karla Vervloet ^a   Calôba, Guilherme Marques ^a   da Silva, Angela Cristina Moreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data Envelopment Analysis; Electricity distribution; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ANALYST INTERACTION; DMU; REGULATORY AGENCY; UTILITY REGULATIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947674279     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.10.072     Document Type: Article

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