Analyzing the solutions of DEA through information visualization and data mining techniques: SmartDEA framework

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7763-7775

  Akay, Alp Eren ^a,c   Ertek, Gürdal ^a   Büyüközkan, Gülin ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Data mining; Decision support system framework; Information visualization

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; DATA-MINING TOOLS; DEA MODELS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; REAL WORLD PROJECTS; TURKISHS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858339895     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.01.059     Document Type: Article

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