Determining sources of relative inefficiency in heterogeneous samples: Methodology using Cluster Analysis, DEA and Neural Networks

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-487

  Samoilenko, Sergey ^a,b   Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^b  

^a VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster Analysis; Data Envelopment Analysis; Heterogeneous sample; Neural Networks; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYTIC TOOLS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77950370243     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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