Title :
Measuring efficiency of power plants in Israel by data envelopment analysis
Author :
Golany, Boaz ; Roll, Yaakov ; Rybak, David
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fDate :
8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for measuring and evaluating the operating efficiency of power plants in the Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) is presented. Emphasis is placed on the process of screening the list of potential input and output factors and determining the most relevant ones. Special attention is given to the qualitative factor concerning air pollution, which is treated as a categorical variable. The incorporation of `standard data´ is examined and the results are analyzed
Keywords :
air pollution; thermal power stations; Israel; Israeli Electric Corporation; air pollution; data envelopment analysis; operating efficiency evaluation; operating efficiency measurement; power plants; qualitative factor; Atmospheric measurements; Data envelopment analysis; Electric variables measurement; Engineering management; IEC; Industrial engineering; Pollution measurement; Power generation; Power measurement; Technology management;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
