Measuring the efficiency of forest districts with multiple working circles

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 583-590

  Kao, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Forest management; Linear programming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); FOREST MANAGEMENT; WORKING CIRCLES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032096892     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600570     Document Type: Article

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