Measuring technical efficiency

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 138-150

  Ruggiero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); FARRELL EFFICIENCY INDEX; KOOPMANS INEFFICIENCY THEORY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0343517594     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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