Improving discrimination in data envelopment analysis: Some practical suggestions

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Podinovski, Victor V ^a   Thanassoulis, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Productivity; Selective proportionality; Unobserved DMUs; Weight restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548585691     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0042-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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