Fuzzy efficiency measures in data envelopment analysis

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-437

  Kao, Chiang ^a   Liu, Shiang Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Membership functions; Parametric programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346685438     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(98)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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