Benchmarking of Mexican ports with data envelopment analysis

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-294

  Humberto Ablanedo Rosas, José ^a   Ruiz Torres, Alex J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

benchmarking; coastal port; data envelopment analysis; DEA; decision making units; efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349292388     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2009.027535     Document Type: Article

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