Ranking efficient decision-making units in data envelopment analysis using fuzzy concept

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-719

  Zerafat Angiz L , Majid ^a,c   Mustafa, Adli ^a   Emrouznejad, Ali ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Fuzzy concept; Ranking efficient DMUs

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING UNITS; FUZZY CONCEPT; FUZZY NUMBERS; LINEAR MODEL; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MULTI OBJECTIVE; RANKING EFFICIENT DMUS; WEIGHTED VALUES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; FUZZY SETS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78049379164     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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