On setting scale efficient targets in dea

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-69

  Appa, G ^a   Yue, M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA; Scale efficient targets

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032656863     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600666     Document Type: Article

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