Inverse data envelopment analysis model to preserve relative efficiency values: The case of variable returns to scale

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1017-1023

  Lertworasirikul, Saowanee ^a   Charnsethikul, Peerayuth ^a   Fang, Shu Cherng ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Inverse optimization; Performance analysis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING UNIT; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INVERSE OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; NEW PRODUCTION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OUTPUT VECTORS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; RETURNS TO SCALE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 80054878976     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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