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Advances in Operations Research
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 259439, 18 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/259439
Research Article
Using DEA Factor Efficiency Scores to Eliminate Subjectivity in Goal Programming
Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3760, USA
Received 30 April 2011; Accepted 26 July 2011
Academic Editor: Carlos Romero
Copyright © 2011 Herbert F. Lewis. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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