An analysis of Asian airlines efficiency with two-stage TOPSIS and MCMC generalized linear mixed models

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-126

  Wanke, Peter ^a   Pestana Barros, Carlos ^b   Chen, Zhongfei ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlines; Asia; GLMM MCMC; TOPSIS; Two stage approaches

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DECISION MAKING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASIA; CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; GLMM-MCMC; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOPSIS; TWO STAGE APPROACH;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84942762861     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.07.028     Document Type: Article

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