Large discreet resource allocation: A hybrid approach based on DEA efficiency measurement

Pesquisa Operacional

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 597-608

  Gomes, Eliane Gonçalves ^a   Correia Baptista Soares De Mello, João Carlos ^b   Angulo Meza, Lidia ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DEA; Resource allocation; Step by step allocation algorithm; Zero Sum Gains

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449093031     PISSN: 01017438     EISSN: 16785142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-74382008000300011     Document Type: Article

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