Energy use pattern and benchmarking of selected greenhouses in Iran using data envelopment analysis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Omid, M ^a   Ghojabeige, F ^a   Delshad, M ^a   Ahmadi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cucumber; DEA; Energy ratio; Greenhouse; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSES; MACHINERY;

CUCUMBER; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; DECISION MAKING UNIT; ENERGY RATIO; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78049501368     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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