A new approach for technical efficiency estimation in multiple output production

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-380

  Ruggiero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Canonical regression; Data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032291005     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00351-2     Document Type: Article

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