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Using the DEA methodology to rank software technical efficiency

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The use of Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate software efficiency offers a more formal and effective option.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 1
                Interaction design and children
                January 2005
                98 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1039539
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