Notes on Sensitivity and Stability of the Classifications of Returns to Scale in Data Envelopment Analysis
โ Scribed by G. R. Jahanshahloo; F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi; M. Zohrehbandian
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-562X
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