Derivation of mineral processing environmental sustainability indicators using a DEA weight-restricted algorithm

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Tsolas, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Data envelopment analysis (dea); Environmental sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMPOSITE INDICATORS; DEA WEIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MINERAL PROCESSING; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING; TWO-DIMENSION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70449595596     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403408     Document Type: Article

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