Returns to scale and scale elasticity in two-stage DEA

Mathematical and Computational Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-202

  Khaleghi, Maryamsadat ^a   Jahanshahloo, Gholamreza ^a   Zohrehbandian, Majid ^b   Lotfi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Returns to scale; Scale elasticity; Two stage data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY;

DECISION MAKING UNIT; INTERMEDIATE MEASURE; MULTIPLE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RETURNS TO SCALE; SCALE ELASTICITY; UNIQUE FEATURES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84859386456     PISSN: 1300686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mca17030193     Document Type: Article

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