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Qualitative Data in Dea

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Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 71))

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In many real world applications involving performance measurement, it is necessary to deal with qualitative data factors. This chapter discusses the modeling of such factors within the DEA structure.

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  1. Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada, M3J 1P3

    Wade D. Cook

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  1. University of Texas at Austin, USA

    William W. Cooper

  2. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA

    Lawrence M. Seiford

  3. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

    Joe Zhu

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Cook, W.D. (2004). Qualitative Data in Dea. In: Cooper, W.W., Seiford, L.M., Zhu, J. (eds) Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 71. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7798-X_6

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