Efficiency and effectiveness in railway performance using a multi-activity network DEA model

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1005-1017

  Yu, Ming Miin ^a   Lin, Erwin T J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; Multi activity network data envelopment analysis model; Railway

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

ACTIVITY NETWORK; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; EFFECTIVENESS; MULTI-ACTIVITY NETWORK DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSE MODEL; NETWORK DATA; NETWORK DEA MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RAILWAY; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 40649094777     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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