On the origins of Data Envelopment Analysis

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 23-40

  Førsund, Finn R ^a   Sarafoglou, Nikias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DEA; Farrell efficiency measures; Frontier function; Linear programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036104229     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013519902012     Document Type: Article

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