Derivation of the Maximin Efficiency Ratio model from the maximum decisional efficiency principle

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 1997, Pages 323-338

  Troutt, M D ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Common efficiency ratio weights; Consensus of weights; Likelihood of the minimum; Maximum likelihood estimation; Minimum or Leontief aggregator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041734280     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018989414181     Document Type: Article

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