Visualizing efficiency and reference relations in data envelopment analysis with an application to the branches of a German bank

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-221

  Porembski, Marcus ^a   Breitenstein, Kristina ^a   Alpar, Paul ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Outlier; Sammon's mapping; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244401899     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-1328-5     Document Type: Article

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