Validating DEA as a ranking tool: An application of DEA to assess performance in higher education

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 339-365

  Bougnol, Marie Laure ^a   Dulá, José H ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Linear programming; Nonparametric efficient frontiers; Tiered data envelopment analysis (TDEA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747852265     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0039-2     Document Type: Article

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