On using DEA for benchmarking container terminals

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1140-1155

  de Koster, M B M ^a   Balk, B M ^a,b   van Nus, W T I ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Maritime and Transport Business Solutions   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data analysis; Freight containers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350328480     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570911000168     Document Type: Article

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