A combination of QFD and imprecise DEA with enhanced Russell graph measure: A case study in healthcare

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-291

  Azadi, Majid ^a   Farzipoor Saen, Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Imprecise data; Imprecise DEA (IDEA); QFD imprecise enhanced Russell graph measure (QFD IERGM); Quality function deployment (QFD)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

IRAN;

EID: 84887022902     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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