Measuring productive efficiency of horticultural greenhouses in Iran: A data envelopment analysis approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1040-1045

  Heidari, Mohammad Davoud ^a   Omid, Mahmoud ^a   Mohammadi, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy input; Energy saving; Greenhouse; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSES; SURVEYS;

AVERAGE VALUES; DEA MODELS; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY USE; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE CUCUMBERS; HUMAN LABOR; INPUT ENERGY; NET ENERGY; NON-PARAMETRIC; PRODUCTION FRONTIER; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; SINGLE OUTPUT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL ENERGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84975824304     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.104     Document Type: Article

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