Cost allocation and convex data envelopment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 939-947

  Hougaard, Jens Leth ^a   Tind, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convex envelopment; Cost allocation; Data Envelopment Analysis; Slack allocation

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DEPRECIATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION;

ALLOCATION RULES; CONVEX DATUMS; CONVEX ENVELOPMENT; CONVEXITY CONSTRAINTS; COST ALLOCATION; COST ALLOCATIONS; COST DATUMS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OUTPUT VECTORS; PARAMETRIC PROGRAMMINGS; SLACK ALLOCATION; ZERO VALUES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 55149114153     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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