A new simulation-based genetic algorithm to efficiency measure in IDEA with weight restrictions

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-33

  Ebrahimi, Bohlool ^a   Rahmani, Morteza ^a   Ghodsypour, Seyed Hassan ^b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency measure; Genetic algorithm (GA); Imprecise data; Simulation; Weight restrictions

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY MEASURE; IMPRECISE DATA; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; REAL-LIFE SYSTEMS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION; SOLUTION APPROACH; WEIGHT RESTRICTION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 85019472830     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2017.05.026     Document Type: Article

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