DEA based models for reallocations of police personnel

OR Spectrum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-941

  Asmild, Mette ^a   Paradi, Joseph C ^b   Pastor, Jesus T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Police; Policy objectives; Productivity; Reallocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866734800     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-011-0243-6     Document Type: Article

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