A geometrical approach for generalizing the production possibility set in DEA

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1546-1555

  Dula J H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex analysis; Data Envelopment Analysis; Polyhedral set theory

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY;

CONVEX ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; EFFICIENT FRONTIER; GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS; GEOMETRICAL APPROACHES; NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER; POLYHEDRAL SET; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY SET;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70349509864     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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