Data envelopment analysis vs. principal component analysis: An illustrative study of economic performance of Chinese cities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-61

  Zhu, Joe ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Principal component analysis; Rank

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA);

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032210629     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00321-4     Document Type: Article

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