Measuring air routes performance using a fractional network data envelopment analysis model

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-98

  Yu, Ming Miin ^a   Chen, Po Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air route; Efficiency and effectiveness; Fractional measure; Network data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451471154     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-009-0131-1     Document Type: Article

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