Measuring efficiency with quasiconcave production frontiers

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 497-506

  Chang, Kuo Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANUFACTURE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM CONVEX OUTPUT POSSIBLE SET; MINIMUM CONVEX INPUT REQUIREMENT SET; QUASICONCAVE PRODUCTION FRONTIER;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032638852     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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