An analysis of African airlines efficiency with two-stage TOPSIS and neural networks

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 44-45, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-102

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Wanke, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africa; Airlines; Efficiency ranks; Neural networks; TOPSIS; Two stage

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84924764555     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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