Optimizing the rank position of the DMU as secondary goal in DEA cross-evaluation

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2642-2648

  Contreras, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross efficiency evaluation; Data Envelopment Analysis; Ranking

Indexed keywords

CROSS-EFFICIENCY; CROSS-EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING UNIT; NONUNIQUENESS; OPTIMAL WEIGHT; PEER EVALUATIONS; RANKING; WEIGHTING SCHEME;

EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857030791     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.046     Document Type: Article

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