DEA-based hypothesis tests for comparing two groups of decision making units

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 231-238

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eric)   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Data generating process; Efficiency comparison; Hypothesis tests

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING UNIT; ERROR TERMS; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; NOISE LEVELS; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; RANDOM NOISE; TWO-COMPONENT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 77950297360     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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