Slack-adjusted efficiency measures and ranking of efficient units

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-398

  Torgersen, Arne Martin ^a   Foørsund, Finn R ^b   Kittelsen, Sverre A C ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Found Res Econ and Bus Admin   (Norway)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Production frontiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042975120     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00162048     Document Type: Article

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