Evaluating NBA player performance using bounded integer data envelopment analysis

INFOR

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-51

  Chen, Ya ^a   Gong, Yande ^b   Li, Xiang ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bounded; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Integer; NBA; Performance

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; SPORTS;

BASKETBALL GAMES; BOUNDED; DATA PROBLEMS; DEA MODELS; INTEGER; NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONS; PERFORMANCE; SUPER EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85010657639     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: 19160615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.2016.1262581     Document Type: Article

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