The application of mathematical programming approaches to estimating container port production efficiency

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-92

  Cullinane, Kevin ^a   Song, Dong Wook ^b   Wang, Tengfei ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Container terminals; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Free Disposal Hull (FDH); Ports; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944432586     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-3041-9     Document Type: Review

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