DEA/assurance region sbdc efficiency and unique projections

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-542

  Thompson, R G ^a   Dharmapala, P S ^b   Gatewood, E J ^a   Macy, S ^a   Thrall, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b OPCON Corporation   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASSURANCE REGION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING UNITS; RETURN TO SCALE INTERVALS; SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030181542     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.4.533     Document Type: Article

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