Efficiency measurement for parallel production systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1107-1112

  Kao, Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency decomposition; Forest management; Parallel system

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

DEA MODELS; DECISION MAKERS; EFFICIENCY DECOMPOSITION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; NATIONAL FORESTS; PARALLEL MODELS; PARALLEL SYSTEM; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION UNITS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849123322     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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