Seaport performance analysis using robust non-parametric efficiency estimators

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Simoes P ^a   Marques, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; DEA; Efficiency; FDH; Order m; Performance analysis; Seaports

Indexed keywords

CURSE OF DIMENSIONALITY; DEA; FREE DISPOSAL HULLS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MARKETS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HULL; PORT OPERATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

EID: 77955196115     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2010.502375     Document Type: Article

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