Network DEA pitfalls: Divisional efficiency and frontier projection under general network structures

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 507-515

  Chen, Yao ^a   Cook, Wade D ^b   Kao, Chiang ^c   Zhu, Joe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Frontier; Intermediate measure; Link; Network

Indexed keywords

DEA MODELS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; DUAL MODEL; FRONTIER; GENERAL NETWORKS; INTERMEDIATE MEASURE; INTERNAL NETWORK; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LINK; NETWORK DEA MODEL; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY SET; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84872959402     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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