Measuring energy efficiency performance of China's transport sector: A data envelopment analysis approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 709-722

  Zhou, Guanghui ^a   Chung, William ^b   Zhang, Yixiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Energy efficiency; Transport sector

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; STRONG DISPOSABILITIES; TOTAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; TRANSPORT ENERGY; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84885957753     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.07.095     Document Type: Article

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