Additive efficiency decomposition in two-stage DEA

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1170-1176

  Chen, Yao ^a   Cook, Wade D ^b   Li, Ning ^c,d   Zhu, Joe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Intermediate measure; Two stage

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DECISION PROCESS; DECOMPOSITION APPROACHES; EFFICIENCY; INTERMEDIATE MEASURE; LIFE INSURANCES; OVERALL EFFICIENCIES; RETURNS TO SCALE; TWO-STAGE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849138733     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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