Human development and data envelopment analysis: A structured literature review

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-49

  Mariano, Enzo Barberio ^a   Sobreiro, Vinicius Amorim ^b   Rebelatto, Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Human development; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; QUALITY CONTROL;

BIBLIOMETRIC; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HUMAN DATA; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEB OF SCIENCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922607591     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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