Evaluating efficiency of rock blasting using data-envelopment analysis

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-49

  Odeck, James ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

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EID: 5644294522     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1996)122:1(41)     Document Type: Review

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