On a basic definition of returns to scale

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-147

  Soleimani Damaneh, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convex analysis; Data envelopment analysis; Duality; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

CONVEX ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT; DEA MODELS; DUALITY; RETURNS TO SCALE;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856602445     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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