Negative data in DEA: A simple proportional distance function approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1413-1419

  Kerstens, K ^a   Van De Woestyne, I ^b  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; finance; linear programming; optimization; production

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION;

DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; PROFIT FUNCTION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955576944     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.108     Document Type: Article

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