Measuring production with random inputs and outputs using DEA and certainty equivalent

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-74

  Gong, Linguo ^a   Sun, Bruce ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty equivalent; Data envelopment analysis; Productivity evaluation; Random production units

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

CERTAINTY EQUIVALENT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032210336     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00352-4     Document Type: Article

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