Obtaining a Unique Solution for the Cross Efficiency by Using the Lexicographic method

Subject Areas : Data Envelopment Analysis

گ.ر.  جهانشاه لو ¹ (epartment of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
ر.  فلاح نژاد ² (epartment of Mathematics, Khorram Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorram Abad, Iran)

Received: 2010-07-30 Accepted : 2010-08-30 Published : 2010-09-01

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