Directional Distance Functions in DEA with Optimal Endogenous Directions

DOI10.1287/opre.2017.1711zbMath1456.90090OpenAlexW2884461603WikidataQ129474486 ScholiaQ129474486MaRDI QIDQ4971395

Niels Christian Petersen

Publication date: 12 October 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2017.1711

zbMATH Keywords

data envelopment analysisdirectional distance functioncost efficiencyEuclidean distanceprofit efficiencyrevenue efficiencyefficiency indicator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonconvex programming, global optimization (90C26) Nonlinear programming (90C30) Linear programming (90C05) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Combinatorial optimization (90C27)

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Uses Software

• Qhull

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