A joint measurement of efficiency and effectiveness for ranking power distribution units in Iran: integrated data envelopment analysis approach
by Mohammad Tavassoli; Taliva Badizadeh; Reza Farzipoor Saen
International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences (IJIDS), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2017

Abstract: In recent years, data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely used to assess both technical efficiency and technical effectiveness. Although a number of studies have focused on performance evaluation of power distribution units, this sort of studies are rare in Iran. This paper proposes an integrated slack-based measure (ISBM) approach to measure both technical efficiency and technical effectiveness of Iranian's power distribution units. The proposed SBM-DEA model represents both non-storable features of power distribution industry and production technologies in a unified framework. The proposed approach not only measures technical efficiency and effectiveness of power distribution units, but also estimates overall efficiency of distribution units.

Online publication date: Fri, 24-Nov-2017

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