Generalized symmetric weight assignment technique: Incorporating managerial preferences in data envelopment analysis using a penalty function

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-54

  Dimitrov, Stanko ^a   Sutton, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Application; DEA; Multicriteria

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

ASSIGNMENT TECHNIQUE; CONE-RATIO; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; FEASIBILITY REGION; GENERALISATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; NOMINAL DATUM; PENALTY FUNCTION; SYMMETRICS; WEIGHT ASSIGNMENT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866009214     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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