The relative efficiency of departments at a Turkish engineering college: A Data Envelopment Analysis

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-189

  Köksal, Gülser ^a   Nalçaci, Burak ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ford Automotive Industry Inc   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Engineering education

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744447404     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6380-y     Document Type: Article

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