Assessing sustainability of supply chains by double frontier network DEA: A big data approach

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2018, Pages 284-290

  Badiezadeh, Taliva ^a   Saen, Reza Farzipoor ^a   Samavati, Tahmoures ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big Data; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Double frontier; Network data envelopment analysis (NDEA); Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM); Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

DOUBLE FRONTIER; MULTISTAGE PROCESS; NETWORK DATA; NETWORK DEA; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS;

BIG DATA;

EID: 85020414759     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2017.06.003     Document Type: Article

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