Estimating output targets to evaluate output-specific efficiencies: A statistical framework

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 564-578

  Gstach, Dieter ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data augmentation; Data Envelopment Analysis; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Output targets; Output specific efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA AUGMENTATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); OUTPUT TARGETS; OUTPUT-SPECIFIC EFFICIENCY;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 5444264828     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.10.020     Document Type: Article

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