A network DEA assessment of team efficiency in the NBA

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-124

  Moreno, Plácido ^a,b   Lozano, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inefficiency sources; NBA; Network DEA; SBM; Sports efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894374546     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-012-1074-9     Document Type: Article

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