A Bounded Data Envelopment Analysis Model in a Fuzzy Environment with an Application to Safety in the Semiconductor Industry

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 679-701

  Hatami Marbini, Adel ^a   Tavana, Madjid ^b,c   Gholami, Kobra ^d   Beigi, Zahra Ghelej ^e  

^a LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Fuzzy data; Interval efficiency; Safety; Semiconductor industry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; FUZZY DATA; FUZZY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FUZZY EFFICIENCIES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INTERVAL EFFICIENCY; LOW BOUND; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897360796     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: 15732878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-014-0559-x     Document Type: Article

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