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  1. This example is taken from A. Charnes, W.W. Cooper and E. Rhodes, “Measuring the Efficiency of Decision Making Units,” European Journal of Operational Research, 2, 1978, pp.429–444.

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  2. See, for example, pp.15–18 in H.R. Varian Microeconomic Analysis 2nd ed. (New York. W.W. Norton & Co., 1984.)

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  3. Vide p.192 in W.W. Cooper and Y. Ijiri, eds., Kohler’s Dictionary For Accountants, 6th Edition (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981.)

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  4. After Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes (1978) above.

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  5. See H.D. Sherman, “Measurement of Hospital Technical Efficiency: A Comparative Evaluation of Data Envelopment Analysis and Other Techniques for Measuring and Locating Efficiency in Health Care Organizations,” Ph.D. Thesis (Boston: Harvard University Graduate School of Business, 1981.) Also available from University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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(2002). General Discussion. In: Data Envelopment Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47541-3_1

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