Gas distribution in Italy: A non parametric analysis of companies operational efficiency

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 838-841, Issue , 2014, Pages 1972-1978

  Lo Storto, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Gas distribution; Scale economies

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTING COMPANIES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; SCALE ECONOMIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GASES; INDUSTRY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84891537368     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.838-841.1972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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