Efficiency of trucks in road construction and maintenance: An evaluation with data envelopment analysis

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-404

  Hjalmarsson, Lennart ^a   Odeck, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MAINTENANCE; PERFORMANCE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TRUCK EFFICIENCY;

TRUCKS;

EID: 0030127596     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0548(95)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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