A modified DEA model for benchmarking of hydropower plants

2007 IEEE Lausanne POWERTECH, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1374-1379

  Jha, Deependra Kumar ^a,b   Yorino, Naoto ^a,b   Zoka, Yoshifumi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Decision making units; Efficiency; Hydropower plants; Sensitivity analysis; Weight restriction

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING UNITS; EFFICIENCY; HYDROPOWER PLANTS; WEIGHT RESTRICTION;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50849122652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCT.2007.4538516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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