Evaluating the performance of professional golfers on the PGA, LPGA and SPGA tours

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 548-561

  Fried, Harold O ^a   Lambrinos, James ^a   Tyner, James ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBANY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Performance evaluation; Professional golf tours; Sports economics

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0344740591     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00188-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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