Measurement of returns to scale using a non-radial DEA model: A range-adjusted measure approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1918-1946

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a   Sekitani, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Non radial measure; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); NON-RADIAL MEASURE; RETURNS TO SCALE;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750138857     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.10.043     Document Type: Article

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