An Additive Model for Estimation Return to Scale in Regulated Environment with Quasi-Fixed Inputs in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Subject Areas : International Journal of Data Envelopment Analysis

Farshid Emami ¹ , Toktam Nasirzade Tabrizi ²

1 - Department of Mathematics, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2016-10-04 Accepted : 2016-10-04 Published : 2016-01-01

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