An interactive robust data envelopment analysis model for determining alternative targets in Iranian electricity distribution companies

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 9830-9839

  Sadjadi, S J ^a   Omrani, H ^a   Makui, A ^a   Shahanaghi, K ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Robust optimization; Target setting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INPUT/OUTPUT DATUM; MULTI-OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; TARGET SETTING; TARGET VALUES; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 79953723126     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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