Elicitation of the Factors Affecting Electricity Distribution Efficiency Using the Fuzzy AHP Method

Vecihi Yiğit, Nazlı Nisa Demir, Hisham Alidrisi and Mehmet Emin Aydin
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Vecihi Yiğit: Department of Industrial Engineering, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
Nazlı Nisa Demir: Aras Electric Distribution Company, 25050 Erzurum, Turkey
Hisham Alidrisi: Department of Industrial Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Mehmet Emin Aydin: Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-25

Abstract: Efficient and uninterrupted energy supply plays a crucial role in the quality of modern daily life, while it is obvious that the efficiency and performance of energy supply companies has a significant impact on energy supply itself and on determining and finetuning the future roadmap of the sector. In this study, the performance and efficiency of energy supply companies with respect to productivity is investigated with reference to a case study of an electricity distribution company in Turkey. The factors affecting the company’s performance and their corresponding weight have been determined and obtained using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the Fuzzy AHP methods, two well-known multi-criteria decision-making methods, which are widely used in the literature. The results help demonstrate that the criteria obtained to evaluate the company’s energy supply performance play a crucial role in developing strategies, policies and action plans to achieve continuous improvement and consistent development.

Keywords: electricity distribution; factor elicitation for efficiency; fuzzy analytical hierarchical process (F-AHP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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