An overall profit Malmquist productivity index with fuzzy and interval data

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2827-2838

  Emrouznejad, Ali ^a   Rostamy Malkhalifeh, Mohsen ^b   Hatami Marbini, Adel ^c   Tavana, Madjid ^d   Aghayi, Nazila ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^d LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Fuzzy data; Interval data; Overall profit efficiency; Profit Malmquist productivity index

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELVES; CRISP DATA; DECISION-MAKING UNITS; FUZZY DATA; FUZZY VERSION; IMPRECISE DATA; INTERVAL DATA; INTERVAL METHODS; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; NOVEL METHODS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OVERALL PROFIT EFFICIENCY; RANKING METHODS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; VAGUE DATA;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCTIVITY;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 80052636579     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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