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  1. University of Texas System and John P. Hardin Centennial Chair, University of Texas at Austin, 78712-1170, Austin, Texas, USA

    A. Charnes

  2. Graduate School of Business and IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 78712-1170, Austin, Texas, USA

    W. W. Cooper

  3. Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    A. Y. Lewin

  4. Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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  5. Management Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA

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This research was partly supported by ONR Contract N00014-80-C0582 with the Center for Applied Business Research, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and partly by USARI Contract MDA 903-82-M-1340 and U.S. Air Force Contract F 49642-82-C-0129 with the Center for Cybernetic Studies of the University of Texas at Austin. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the U.S. Government.

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Charnes, A., Cooper, W.W., Lewin, A.Y. et al. Sensitivity and stability analysis in dea. Ann Oper Res 2, 139–156 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874736

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