An empirical analysis on regional technical efficiency of Chinese steel sector based on network DEA method

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 615-624

  Yang, Wei ^a,b   Shao, Yanmin ^a,c   Qiao, Han ^d   Wang, Shouyang ^a,c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Network DEA; Steel sector; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; STEELMAKING;

COMPARISON ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; NETWORK DEA; NETWORK DEA MODEL; STEEL PRODUCTION; STEEL SECTOR; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84902283503     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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