Efficiency performance and dominance in influential subsets: An evaluation using fuzzy clustering and pair-wise dominance

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-220

  Seaver, Bill ^a   Triantis, Konstantinos ^b   Hoopes, Barbara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fuzzy clustering; Influential subsets

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843105918     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000016873.63406.90     Document Type: Article

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