Output specification and performance measurement in fire services: An ordinal output variable approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 525-535

  Jaldell, Henrik ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire service; Ordered probit; Ordinal output; Productivity; Public sector

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY;

FIRE SERVICES; ORDERED PROBIT; ORDINAL OUTPUT; PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS;

FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 5444256741     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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