Efficiency evaluation with strong ordinal input and output measures

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-485

  Zhu, Joe ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Ordinal relation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 0037401725     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00360-0     Document Type: Article

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