DEA cross-efficiency evaluation based on satisfaction degree: an application to technology selection

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 5990-6007

  Wu, Jie ^a   Chu, Junfei ^a   Zhu, Qingyuan ^a   Yin, Pengzhen ^a   Liang, Liang ^a  

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

Author keywords

cross efficiency evaluation; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); satisfaction degree; technology selection

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY;

CROSS-EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING UNIT; MODEL AND ALGORITHMS; NONUNIQUENESS; OPTIMAL SETS; OPTIMAL WEIGHT; SATISFACTION DEGREES; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84959059690     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1148278     Document Type: Article

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