Simulating weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis using the subjective and objective integrated approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2545-2552

  Liu, Chun Chu ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; SIMULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744462405     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601043752     Document Type: Article

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