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Technical Note—Proper Efficiency and the Linear Vector Maximum Problem

H. Isermann
H. Isermann
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, West Germany
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H. Isermann

University of Regensburg, Regensburg, West Germany

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Published Online:1 Feb 1974https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.22.1.189

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