Meta-data envelopment analysis: Finding a direction towards marginal profit maximization

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 207-216

  Lee, Chia Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Directional distance function (DDF); Directional marginal productivity; Marginal profit maximization

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIRECTION VECTOR; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; PROFIT MAXIMIZATION;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84898831514     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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