A linear programming framework for free disposal hull technologies and cost functions: primal and dual models

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2004.04.042zbMath1083.90027MaRDI QIDQ2569030

Hervé Leleu

Publication date: 17 October 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.04.042

zbMATH Keywords

linear programming; data envelopment analysis; returns to scale; free disposal hull model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C06: Large-scale problems in mathematical programming

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

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