A modified DEA model to estimate the importance of objectives with an application to agricultural economics

Omega

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-382

  André, Francisco J ^a   Herrero, Inés ^a   Riesgo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEA; Goal programming; Multicriteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; GAME THEORY; GOAL PROGRAMMING; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ATTRIBUTE APPROACH; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; DECISION MAKERS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ELICITATION METHODS; GOAL-PROGRAMMING; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES; PAYOFF MATRIX;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955844485     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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