Linear production functions and the data envelopment analysis

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(91)90082-7zbMath0746.90003OpenAlexW2160632277MaRDI QIDQ1175309

Kuo-Ping Chang, Yeah-Yuh Guh

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(91)90082-7

zbMATH Keywords

Data Envelopment AnalysisCCR ratiolinear production functionstechnical efficiency measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Fractional programming (90C32) Linear programming (90C05) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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Uses Software

• DEA

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