Introduction to data envelopment analysis

This chapter introduces the basics of data envelopment analysis techniques, with a short historical introduction and examples of the constant returns to scale model (CRS) and the variable returns to scale (VRS) model. The ratio models are linearized and for both orientations primal and dual models a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santos, Jorge M. A. (author)
Other Authors: Negas, Elsa Rosário (author), Cavique, Luís (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2799
Country:Portugal
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