Relative efficiency of police directorates in Slovenia: A non-parametric analysis

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 820-827

  Aristovnik, Aleksander ^a   Seljak, Janko ^a   Mencinger, Jernej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Performance measurement; Police; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; POLICE DATABASE; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SLOVENIA; STATISTICAL PACKAGES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 84867670966     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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