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Extending the frontiers of Data Envelopment Analysis

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This chapter provides the formulations for the basic DEA models and the editors' introduction to the chapters which follow.

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  1. Arie Y. Lewin
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Lewin, A.Y., Seiford, L.M. Extending the frontiers of Data Envelopment Analysis. Annals of Operations Research 73, 1–11 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018964708729

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