Infeasibility and directional distance functions with application to the determinateness of the Luenberger productivity indicator

DOI10.1007/s10957-008-9503-2zbMath1165.90008MaRDI QIDQ1029290

Walter Briec, Kristiaan Kerstens

Publication date: 10 July 2009

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-008-9503-2

zbMATH Keywords

infeasibility; directional distance function; determinateness; well-definedness; shortage function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B30: Production models

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Uses Software

• DEA

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