DEA models for ratio data: Convexity consideration

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 486-498

  Emrouznejad, Ali ^a   Amin, Gholam R ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convexity; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Linear programming; Production possibility set (PPS); Ratio data

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

CONVEXITY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DEA MODELS; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY SET (PPS); RATIO DATA;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 51749091078     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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