| Article ID: | iaor19981993 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 253 |
| End Page Number: | 266 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Journal: | IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry |
| Authors: | Thanassoulis Emmanuel |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
This paper explores duality in models of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for assessing the productive efficiencies of organizational units where efficient production is characterized by constant returns to scale. The paper identifies duality of the spaces in which efficiency is measured and discusses the practical implications of duality in DEA.