Data envelopment analysis with missing values: An interval DEA approach

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Smirlis, Yannis G ^a   Maragos, Elias K ^a   Despotis, Dimitris K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Interval DEA; Missing values

Indexed keywords

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; INTERVAL DEA; MISSING VALUES;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 33744530087     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.10.028     Document Type: Article

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