Efficiency bounds in data envelopment analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 482-490

  Green, Rodney H ^a   Doyle, John R ^a   Cook, Wade D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constrained Facet Analysis (CFA); Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTRAINED FACET ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING UNITS;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030107091     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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