Returns to scale and scale elasticity in data envelopment analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-112

  Fukuyama, Hirofumi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO SCALE; SCALE ELASTICITY;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0033717026     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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