Measurement of productivity index with dynamic DEA

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-260

  Emrouznejad, Ali ^a   Thanassoulis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Dynamic DEA; Malmquist index; Mathematical modelling; OECD; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952378202     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2010.033140     Document Type: Article

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