The effect of correlation coefficient among multiple input vectors on the efficiency mean in data envelopment analysis

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 503-521

  Farzipoor Sean, R ^a   Memariani, A ^b   Lotfi, F Hosseinzadeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Correlation coefficient; Data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 10444235093     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2003.12.117     Document Type: Article

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