CAR-DEA: Context-dependent assurance regions in DEA

Operations Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Cook, Wade D ^a   Zhu, Joe ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AR; Assurance regions; CAR DEA; Context dependent; DEA; Decision analysis: multiple criteria; Organizational studies: productivity; Programming: linear

Indexed keywords

ASSURANCE REGION (AR); CONTEXT DEPENDENT;

EFFICIENCY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 41549104093     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1070.0500     Document Type: Article

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