Performance measurement for network DEA with undesirable factors

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-153

  Zhongsheng, Hua ^a   Yiwen, Bian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Network DEA; Undesirable factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549117766     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2008.017196     Document Type: Article

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