A generalized model for weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Tracy, D L ^a   Chen, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Fractional programming; Parametric programming

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SET THEORY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DECISION MAKING UNIT (DMU); FRACTIONAL PROGRAMMING; PARAMETRIC PROGRAMMING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 15844419007     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601823     Document Type: Article

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