On preference structure in data envelopment analysis

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-431

  Chen, Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Goal programming; Multiple objective linear programming (MOLP); Pareto

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746185640     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622005001647     Document Type: Article

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