A semi-oriented radial measure for measuring the efficiency of decision making units with negative data, using DEA

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 297-304

  Emrouznejad, Ali ^a   Anouze, Abdel Latef ^a   Thanassoulis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Negative data in DEA; Range directional measure; Semi oriented radial measure; Slack based model; Translation invariant DEA

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE DATA IN DEA; RANGE DIRECTIONAL MEASURE; SEMI-ORIENTED RADIAL MEASURE; SLACK-BASED MODEL; TRANSLATION-INVARIANT DEA;

DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249215445     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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