Bounded and discrete data and Likert scales in data envelopment analysis: application to regional energy efficiency in China

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 347-366

  Chen, Ya ^a   Cook, Wade D ^b   Du, Juan ^c   Hu, Hanhui ^d   Zhu, Joe ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded data; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Discrete data; Efficiency; Energy; Likert scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924368255     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-015-1827-3     Document Type: Article

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