Theory of integer-valued data envelopment analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 658-667

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Matin, Reza Kazemi ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Mixed Integer linear programming; Production theory

Indexed keywords

LINEARIZATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); EFFICIENCY; INTEGER VALUES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION THEORY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 51249123542     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.09.040     Document Type: Article

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