Slacks-based measure of efficiency in data envelopment analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 498-509

  Tone, Kaoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); RUSSELL MEASURE THEORY; SLACKS-BASED MEASURES (SBM);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0034825705     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00407-5     Document Type: Article

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