Piecewise linear output measures in DEA (third revision)

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Cook, Wade D ^a   Zhu, Joe ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance region; DEA; Diminishing marginal value; Piecewise linear functions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ASSURANCE REGION; DEA; DEA MODELS; DIMINISHING MARGINAL VALUE; HIGHWAY MAINTENANCES; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; PIECE-WISE LINEAR; PIECEWISE LINEAR FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCIES; WEIGHT FUNCTIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 59649097614     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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