Development of the group Malmquist productivity index on non-discretionary factors

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Abbaspour, M ^a,b   Hosseinzadeh Lofti, F ^c   Karbassi, A R ^d   Roayaei, E ^e   Nikoomaram, H ^c  

^a Faculty of Environment and Energy   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Environment; Health; Management; Non discretionary; Performance; Safety

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MANAGEMENT; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 67649986811     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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