Uniformization of frontiers in non-radial ZSG-DEA models: An application to airport revenues

Pesquisa Operacional

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-193

  Fonseca, Aline Bandeira de Mello ^a   de Mello, João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares ^a   Gomes, Eliane Gonçalves ^b   Meza, Lidia Angulo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airport fees; DEA; Non radial projections; Zero sum gains

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954884525     PISSN: 01017438     EISSN: 16785142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-74382010000100009     Document Type: Article

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