An integrated multivariate approach for optimisation of IT/IS investment in conventional power plants

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-101

  Azadeh, A ^a   Keramati, A ^a   Jafari Songhori, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Information system; Information technology; Investment; Optimisation; PCA; Power plants; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957689520     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2010.029481     Document Type: Article

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