Congestion measurement and elimination under the framework of data envelopment analysis

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Kao, Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congestion; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Forestry; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; TIMBER;

DATA HANDLING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 74149094612     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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