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A Data Envelopment-Based Clustering Approach for Public Sugar Factories in Privatizing Process
Author
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Turkish Sugar Inc., a public enterprise including 25 factories, is the first corporation of Turkish industry.
According to the government policy, public sugar factories (PSFs) will be privatized as geography-based 6 portfolio groups in two years.
As performance measures of PSF affect government, sugar producers, and several unions in privatizing process, a systematic approach is necessary to measure efficiencies and grouping factories.
This paper uses a new DEA- (Data Envelopment Analysis-) based clustering approach for measuring efficiency scores of PSF and grouping them instead of geography- based portfolio groups.
This new approach can help decision makers in privatizing process.
At the same time, target values obtained by dual model can be used to eliminate inefficiencies of some PSFs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Demirtas, Ezgi A.. 2011. A Data Envelopment-Based Clustering Approach for Public Sugar Factories in Privatizing Process. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510396
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Demirtas, Ezgi A.. A Data Envelopment-Based Clustering Approach for Public Sugar Factories in Privatizing Process. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510396
American Medical Association (AMA)
Demirtas, Ezgi A.. A Data Envelopment-Based Clustering Approach for Public Sugar Factories in Privatizing Process. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510396
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-510396