Fuzzy data envelopment analysis (DEA): A possibility approach

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-394

  Lertworasirikul, Saowanee ^a   Fang, Shu Cherng ^a   Joines, Jeffrey A ^b   Nuttle, Henry L W ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency analysis; Fuzzy mathematical programming; Possibility theory

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

POSSIBILITY THEORY;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0141681037     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(02)00484-0     Document Type: Article

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