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Case-oriented Paper

Formative evaluation of electricity distribution utilities using data envelopment analysis

S P SantosUniversity of AlgarvePortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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C A F AmadoUniversity of AlgarvePortugal
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J R RosadoEDP DistribuiçãoFaroPortugal
Pages 1298-1319 | Received 01 Oct 2008, Accepted 01 Apr 2010, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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