Assessing integrated coal production and land reconstruction systems under extreme temperatures. (15th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Lina; Wu, Xiaoyuan; Chiu, Yung-ho; Pang, Qinghua; Shi, Zhen
• Is Part Of: Expert systems with applications. Volume 204(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-10-15
• Subjects: Coal mining -- Data envelopment analysis -- Dynamic SBM -- Land reconstruction -- Extreme temperatures; Expert systems (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Systèmes experts (Informatique) -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 006.33
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117560
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-4174

Abstract

Highlights: A dynamic two-stage SBM model with non-discretionary variables is proposed. China's CPLR efficiency under four scenarios of extreme temperatures is measured. The influences of extreme temperatures on the CPLR efficiency are highlighted. A comparative analysis of CPLR efficiency under four scenarios is provided. Abstract: With the influence of climate changes resulting in more extremely days, we might expect to face a rise in associated coal productivity losses and land destruction. Numerous studies have focused on measuring the efficiency of coal production system. Yet scant studies have considered their internal structure, reconstructed lands, and especially the impact of extreme temperatures. Then, this paper divided such a system into stages of coal production (CP) and land reconstruction (LR), named the CPLR system. This study proposes a modified two-stage dynamic slacks-based measure model with non-discretionary variables for measuring the CPLR efficiency under four scenarios of extreme temperatures. The results are as follows. (1) The CPLR system for 24 provinces under four scenarios spanning 2012 to 2017 had relatively low efficiency except for Fujian, Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, which is mainly caused by the bad performance of the LR system. (2) Extreme temperatures must be considered in measuring CPLR efficiency and its stage efficiency, or otherwise the underestimation of CPLR efficiency and CP efficiency will become in 18 provinces. The negative impacts of extreme temperatures on the efficiency of reconstructed lands and raw coal production should be noticed, especially for Anhui.