Applying optimal weights restriction model in analyzing the efficiency of organization

WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-241

  Liu, Chun Chu ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Optimal weights restriction model; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ABSOLUTE RESTRICTION METHOD; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DECISION MAKING UNITS (DMUS); FACTOR WEIGHT FLEXIBILITY; OPTIMAL WEIGHTS RESTRICTION MODEL; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; VIRTUAL MULTIPLIERS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33744460773     PISSN: 11092769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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