Returns to scale in different DEA models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-362

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Cooper, William W ^b   Seiford, Lawrence M ^c   Thrall, Robert M ^d   Zhu, Joe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Worcester Polytechnic Institute ^*  (United States)

^e WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; RTS

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); VECTOR OPTIMIZATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0345170707     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00174-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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