Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10348491 | Computers & Operations Research | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the relative operating efficiencies of a set of electric power plants, and of the individual power units that make up those plants. This two-stage “hierarchy” is a special case of the general hierarchical structure to which our model can be applied. The model views the plants at the highest level in the hierarchy as the decision-making units whose performance is optimized. Part of the output from the optimization is a set of performance measures for the components of those top level decision-making units. We use the data on 40 power units grouped under eight plants to demonstrate the model.
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Authors
Wade D. Cook, Rodney H. Green,