Improvement of efficiency intervals based on DEA by adjusting inputs and outputs

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1004-1017

  Entani, Tomoe ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjusting inputs and outputs; DEA; Efficiency interval; Estimating target; Improvement

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION;

ADJUSTING INPUTS AND OUTPUTS; DEA MODEL; EFFICIENCY INTERVAL; ESTIMATING TARGET;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33645887523     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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