A cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis technique for performance evaluation of Decision Making Units under uncertainty

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-114

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

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cross efficiency; Data; Decision making; Envelopment; Fuzzy logic; Performance evaluation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH CARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS; CROSS-EFFICIENCY; DATA; ENVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84911930890     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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