Efficiency analysis in the presence of uncertainty

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a   Chambers, Robert G ^b   Quiggin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement; Stochastic frontier analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949775862     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0143-9     Document Type: Article

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