Sustainable and efficient energy consumption of corn production in Southwest Iran: Combination of multi-fuzzy and DEA modeling

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 672-681

  Houshyar, Ehsan ^a   Azadi, Hossein ^b   Almassi, Morteza ^c   Sheikh Davoodi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corn; DEA; Energy input; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MACHINERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORN; CORN PRODUCTION; DEA; DEA MODELS; ENERGY INPUTS; FUZZY MODELING; FUZZY MODELS; HUMAN POWER; REFERENCE SET; SLACK-BASED MEASURES; SUBMODELS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

AGRICULTURE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MAIZE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FARS; IRAN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864376118     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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