Infeasibility of super-efficiency data envelopment analysis models

INFOR Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-187

  Seiford, Lawrence M ^a   Zhu, Joe ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; SET THEORY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); RETURN TO SCALE (RTS) CLASSIFICATIONS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032632054     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.1999.11732379     Document Type: Article

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