Trajectories of efficiency measurement: A bibliometric analysis of DEA and SFA

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-21

  Lampe, Hannes W ^a   Hilgers, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Data Envelopment Analysis; Document co citation analysis; Literature survey; Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CO-CITATION ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LITERATURE SURVEY; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906948053     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.04.041     Document Type: Review

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