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<journal>
<title>International Journal of Applied Operational Research</title>
<title_fa>ژورنال بین المللی پژوهش عملیاتی</title_fa>
<short_title>International Journal of Applied Operational Research - An Open Access Journal</short_title>
<subject>Basic Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://ijorlu.lahijan.iau.ir</web_url>
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<journal_id_issn>2251-6867</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2251-9432</journal_id_issn_online>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1391</year>
	<month>10</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2013</year>
	<month>1</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>3</volume>
<number>1</number>
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	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>The selection of a single and acceptable target in Data Envelopment Analysis</title>
	<subject_fa>تخصصي</subject_fa>
	<subject>Special</subject>
	<content_type_fa>پژوهشي</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Research</content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>There are several systems in real situations that only accept a single and acceptable
benchmark for efficiency improvement. For instance, when we are going to select a target for a
country, the target country should be as close as the view of culture, economics and politics to the
inefficient country. Otherwise, it would not be acceptable. Therefore, an inefficient country for several
reasons can’t accept any efficient country for benchmarking. In this Paper we focus on this subject and
show it in a real practical case.</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword></keyword>
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	<end_page>0</end_page>
	<web_url>http://ijorlu.lahijan.iau.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-45&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


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	<author>
	<first_name></first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>B. Daneshyan</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>1003194753284600139</code>
	<orcid>1003194753284600139</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name></first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>R. Maleki Vishkaei</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>1003194753284600140</code>
	<orcid>1003194753284600140</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name></first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>B. Maleki Vishkaei</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>1003194753284600141</code>
	<orcid>1003194753284600141</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
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