A global cost Malmquist productivity index using data envelopment analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-78

  Tohidi, G ^a   Razavyan, S ^b   Tohidnia, S ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

allocative efficiency; circularity; data envelopment analysis; linear programming; Malmquist index

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; CIRCULARITY; MALMQUIST INDICES; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955186989     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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