Rank order data in DEA: A general framework

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1021-1038

  Cook, Wade D ^a   Zhu, Joe ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Qualitative; Rank order data

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); QUALITATIVE; RANK ORDER DATA;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33746359340     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.063     Document Type: Article

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