Assessing the comparative spatial disadvantage (CSD) of regions in the European Union using non-radial data envelopment analysis methods

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 439-452

  Athanassopoulos, Andreas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; European Union; Goal programming; Inequality; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPARATIVE SPATIAL DISADVANTAGE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOAL PROGRAMMING; INEQUALITY; SOCIAL COHESION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030575671     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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