{"id":6571,"date":"2025-01-15T21:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrouznejad.com\/ali\/?page_id=6571"},"modified":"2025-01-15T21:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:46:29","slug":"fiftyyearsdea-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emrouznejad.com\/ali\/survey\/fiftyyearsdea-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years  of Data Envelopment Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Mergoni, A.\u00a0<strong>A. Emrouznejad<\/strong>, and K. 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