Total factor efficiency/productivity ratio fitting as an alternative to regression and canonical correlation models for performance data

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 1997, Pages 289-304

  Troutt, M D ^a   Zhang, Aimao ^a   Tadisina, S K ^a   Rai, Arun ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical organization studies; Expert performance density; Maximum decisional efficiency principle; Purposeful data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031476830     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018982707338     Document Type: Article

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