Measuring the relative balance of DMUs

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Ahn, Heinz ^a   Neumann, Ludmila ^a   Vazquez Novoa, Nadia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance score; Data Envelopment Analysis; Inappropriate benchmarks; Zero value weights

Indexed keywords

BALANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DECISION-MAKING UNITS; INAPPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE CONTROL; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; VALUE JUDGMENT; ZERO-VALUE WEIGHTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861098052     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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