Integrating categorical variables in data envelopment analysis models: a simple solution technique

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2009.05.032MaRDI QIDQ1041013zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gerrit Löber, Matthias Staat

Publication date 27 November 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.032

zbMATH Keywords

returns to scalecategorical variablesnon-discretionary variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts (62P30) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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