A non-radial DEA approach to measuring environmental performance

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Poh, Kim Leng ^a   Ang, Beng Wah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Environmental performance; Malmquist productivity index; Non radial efficiency measure; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; NON-RADIAL EFFICIENCY MEASURE; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750795385     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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