Efficiency assessment of universities through data envelopment analysis

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 499-506

  Kuah, Chuen Tse ^a   Wong, Kuan Yew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement; Higher education; Research efficiency; Teaching efficiency

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE; EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RESEARCH EFFICIENCY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952515415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2010.12.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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