A comprehensive dea approach for the resource allocation problem based on scale economies classification

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 532-549

  Li, Xiaoya ^a   Cui, Jinchuan ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Common weights analysis (CWA); Date envelopment analysis (DEA); Decision making unit (DMU); Efficiency score; Inverse DEA model; Multiple objective linear programming (MOLP); Resource allocation problem; Returns to scale (RTS)

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

COMMON WEIGHTS; DATE ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; INVERSE DEA MODEL; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; RETURNS TO SCALE;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 55649125309     PISSN: 10096124     EISSN: 15597067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-008-9134-6     Document Type: Article

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