Disclosure of Performance Evaluation Results and Fiscal Performance Improvement of Local Governments

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-233
Author(s):  
Sun-Moon Jung
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Performance

Research on the Evaluation Method of Urban-Rural Integration

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 611-614
Author(s):  
Lei An ◽  
Pei Zhang ◽  
Dan Li
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Weak Point ◽  
Harmonious Development ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Rural

The evaluation for rural-urban integration plays an important role in the process of the harmonious development of rural and urban areas. The latest progress of existing researches on the Performance Evaluation of Regional Urban-rural Integration was reviewed systematically. Some local governments used the evaluation system to evaluate the rural-urban integration in their territories. The article tries to summarize the literatures about evaluation method for Urban-rural integration，to investigate the weak point about evaluation of urban-rural integration. The new problems will also be point out and the problems need to be further researched.

Heliostat Field Layout Improvement by Nonrestricted Refinement

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reiner Buck
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Ray Tracing ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
New Method ◽  
Original Position ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Refinement Method ◽  
Local Weather ◽  
Initial Layout

A new method for the heliostat field optimization is presented. The method is intended for further performance improvement after initial layout with a standard heliostat field layout tool. During the field refinement, the heliostats are repositioned around their original position, without or with little restrictions. A nonsimplifying ray-tracing tool is used for the performance evaluation. During the optimization, detailed local weather and site characteristics (e.g., topography) can be considered. An example case is presented and discussed. This case is based on a field layout for a plant similar to the PS10 solar tower plant in Spain. In this case, an improvement of the annual intercepted energy into the receiver of about 0.8% was achieved, by slightly repositioning the heliostats. Application of the refinement method is recommended for any future solar tower plant. Basically, the optimization improves the revenues while capital and O&M cost remain unchanged. It is expected that any standard heliostat layout can be improved to a certain degree using this method. The method is very flexible and can be easily adapted to specific situations and optimization goals.

Ride Comfort Performance Improvement of Electric Vehicle (EV) Conversion Using SAS-Controlled Active Suspension System

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saiful Anuar Abu Bakar ◽  
Ryosuke Masuda ◽  
Hiromu Hashimoto ◽  
Takeshi Inaba ◽  
Hishamuddin Jamaluddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Ride Comfort ◽  
Active Suspension ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Suspension System

This paper presents vehicle’s ride comfort performance evaluation after the conversion into an electric vehicle (EV) and the possible ride comfort improvement by an active suspension system have been investigated. The evaluations were done using a validated 7 degrees of freedom of vehicle’s ride model. The mathematical modelling of the vehicle’s ride as well as its validations was developed in order to predict the vehicle’s ride behaviours. The model was then integrated with the active suspension system in order to improve the EV conversion’s ride comfort performance. It was found that the modifications towards an EV conversion do not affect vehicle’s ride comfort performance significantly, except it changes only the vehicle’s vertical displacement, pitch rate and pitch angle responses. However, further application of an active suspension system in EV conversion was found to be able to improve all of the observed responses for ride comfort performance of an EV conversion by overall improvement of 71.1 percent.

The Effectiveness of Online Citizen Evaluation of Government Performance: A Study of the Perceptions of Local Bureaucrats in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haina Yan ◽  
Yuan Ting
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Citizen Evaluation

Since the 1990s, more local governments across China have launched Internet-based citizen participation in government performance evaluation. However, we know little about how it is perceived by bureaucrats whose attitudes are critical in determining the outcome of this citizen participation. In this article, we present an analytical framework to identify major factors influencing bureaucratic perceptions of the effectiveness of online citizen participation. We use survey data collected from local government bureaucrats in Guangdong Province, China, to test our research hypotheses. The results suggest that the effectiveness of online civic participation is primarily a function of citizens’ capacity and motivation, inter-agency difference, and administrative burden. This article concludes with a discussion about how our study extends previous research on citizen participation and the implications for practitioners and future research.

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