Weights restrictions and value judgements in data envelopment analysis: Evolution, development and future directions

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DOI10.1023/A:1018968909638zbMath0890.90002OpenAlexW1536231159MaRDI QIDQ1374241

Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Antreas D. Athanassopoulos, Robert G. Dyson, Rachel Allen

Publication date: 2 December 1997

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018968909638




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