Using cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis for healthcare facilities performance evaluation under uncertainty

Proceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 912-917

  Costantino, Nicola ^a   Dotoli, Mariagrazia ^a   Epicoco, Nicola ^a   Falagario, Marco ^a   Sciancalepore, Fabio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-EFFICIENCY; FUZZY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE REFORMS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

CYBERNETICS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FUZZY SETS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84893537583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMC.2013.160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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