The explicit role of weight bounds in models of data envelopment analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1408-1418

  Podinovski, V V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Performance measurement; Trade offs; Weight restrictions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); OUTPUT-MAXIMIZATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 27844431737     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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