This article presents a methodology to measure relative industrial energy efficiency across plants within a manufacturing sector through the use of energy-production signatures (EPSs). Linear programming in combination with regression methods, benchmarking and simulation models are used to study the
Using mathematical programming to assess the relative performance of the health care industry
β Scribed by Yueh-Guey Laura Huang
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-5598
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