Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications edited by Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper, Arie Y. Lewin, Lawrence M. Seiford.

This book represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelop­ ment Analysis (DEA). It is the first reference text which includes a comprehensive review and comparative discussion of the basic DEA models. The development is anchored in a unified mathematical and graphical treatment and include...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Charnes, Abraham (Editor), Cooper, William W. (Editor), Lewin, Arie Y. (Editor), Seiford, Lawrence M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:1st ed. 1994.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Operations research.
Management science.
Microeconomics.
Production management.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Concepts, Models, and Computation
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Basic DEA Models
  • 3 Extensions to DEA Models
  • 4 Computational Aspects of DEA
  • 5 DEA Software Packages
  • II Novel Applications
  • 6 Evaluating the Impacts of Operating Strategies on Efficiency in the U.S. Airline Industry
  • 7 Analyzing Technical and Allocative Efficiency of Hospitals
  • 8 A Multiperiod Analysis of Market Segments and Brand Efficiency in the Competitive Carbonated Beverage Industry
  • 9 Exploring Why Some Physicians’ Hospital Practices Are More Efficient: Taking DEA Inside the Hospital
  • 10 On the Measurement and Monitoring of Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols
  • 11 Strategic Leaders in the U.S. Brewing industry: A Longitudinal Analysis of Outliers
  • 12 A Spatial Efficiency Framework for the Support of Locational Decision
  • 13 Productivity Developments in Swedish Hospitals: A Malmquist Output Index Approach
  • 14 Ownership Type, Property Rights, and Relative Efficiency
  • 15 A Comparative Analysis of Ferry Transport in Norway
  • 16 Incorporating Standards Via DEA
  • 17 Stratified Models of Education Production Using Modified DEA and Regression Analysis
  • 18 The Problem of New and Disappearing Commodities in the Construction of Price Indexes
  • 19 Evaluating the Relative Efficiency of Baseball Players
  • 20 Sensitivity Analysis of Efficiency Measures with Applications to Kansas Farming and Illinois Coal Mining
  • III Epilogue: Process and Bibliography
  • 21 The DEA Process, Usages, and Interpretations
  • 22 A DEA Bibliography (1978–1992)
  • Notes about Authors
  • List of Conference Participants
  • References.

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