Estimating most productive scale size using data envelopment analysis

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(84)90006-7zbMATH Open0538.90030OpenAlexW2053747204MaRDI QIDQ793637FDOQ793637

Authors: Rajiv D. Banker 

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(84)90006-7

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zbMATH Keywords

most productive scale sizeconvex production possibility setsinput and output mixes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production models (90B30)

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