DEA-based integrated relationship of returns to scale - An application to road maintenance in Taiwan

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-723

  Lee, Gang ^a   Yu, Ming Miin ^b   Wang, Lung Chuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; highway maintenance; integrated relationship of returns to scale; slack based measure

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING UNITS; HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE; MULTI-STAGE; RETURNS TO SCALE; ROAD MAINTENANCE; SINGLE STAGE; SLACK-BASED MEASURES;

MAINTENANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867464251     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.723394     Document Type: Article

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