Applications of DEA to measure the efficiency of software production at two large Canadian banks

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-115

  Paradi, J C ^a   Reese, D N ^a   Rosen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency measurement; Multiplier constraints; Software productivity; Software quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031480063     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018953900977     Document Type: Article

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