Notes: Categorical Outputs in Data Envelopment Analysis

John J. Rousseau and John H. Semple
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John J. Rousseau: The Magellan Group, 3001 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78705 and Center for Cybernetic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
John H. Semple: Automation and Robotics Research Institute, P.O. Box 19045, Arlington, Texas 76109 and Center for Cybernetic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

Management Science, 1993, vol. 39, issue 3, 384-386

Abstract: A new linear programming formulation for handling categorical outputs in DEA is presented which eliminates the difficulties of interpretation and computation that accompanied earlier mixed integer models.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; efficiency; categorical outputs; linear programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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