Network-based method for ranking of efficient units in two-stage DEA models

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1153-1164

  Liu, J S ^a   Lu, W M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; network centrality; network based ranking method; two stage DEA

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING UNIT; EIGENVECTOR CENTRALITIES; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; RANKING FUNCTIONS; RANKING METHODS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; TWO-STAGE DEA;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84863450562     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2011.132     Document Type: Article

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