Efficiency decomposition for parallel production systems

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Kao, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; efficiency decomposition; network system; parallel system

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE PERFORMANCE; CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTS; EFFICIENCY DECOMPOSITION; NETWORK SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; PARALLEL SYSTEM; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; TEACHING AND RESEARCHES;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 82955161645     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2011.16     Document Type: Article

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