A polynomial-time algorithm to estimate returns to scale in FDH models

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2168-2176

  Soleimani damaneh, M ^a   Reshadi, M ^b  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEA; FDH; Polynomial time algorithms; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS;

DEA; FDH; POLYNOMIAL-TIME ALGORITHMS; RETURNS-TO-SCALE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33845320103     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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