Common set of weights in data envelopment analysis: A linear programming problem

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-365

  Davoodi, A ^a   Rezai, H Zhiani ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Common set of weights; Data Envelopment Analysis; Multiple Objective Programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859425990     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0195-6     Document Type: Article

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