Technical efficiency and distance to a reverse convex set

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 178-187

  Briec, W ^a   Lemaire, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Duality; Efficiency; Linear programming; Production; Reverse convex

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION; SET THEORY;

DISTANCE TO REVERSE CONVEX SET; DUALITY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033116424     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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