A consistent approach for performance measurement of electricity distribution companies

International Journal of Energy Sector Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-416

  Omrani, H ^a,b   Azadeh, A ^c   Ghaderi, S F ^c   Aabdollahzadeh, S ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Electricity; Electricity industry; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENCY CONDITIONS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION-MAKING UNITS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INTEGRATED ALGORITHM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; UNIQUE FEATURES; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957132258     PISSN: 17506220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506221011073879     Document Type: Article

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