An ideal-seeking fuzzy data envelopment analysis framework

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1062-1070

  Hatami Marbini, Adel ^a   Saati, Saber ^b   Tavana, Madjid ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Decision making units; Fuzzy mathematical programming; Theory of displaced ideal

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING UNIT; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; EVALUATION PROCESS; FOUR-PHASE; FUZZY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; REFERENCE POINTS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY;

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77955560493     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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