Data envelopment analysis : theory, methodology, and application /

This book establishes a reference source for DEA that accomplishes the following seven objectives: Motivates DEA as a new approach to organizing and analyzing data beyond its origin in efficiency analyses; Presents an integrated framework, and standardized notation for understanding basic DEA models...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Charnes, A. (Abraham), 1917-1992
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic DEA Models
  • 3. Extensions to DEA Models
  • 4. Computational Aspects of DEA / Agha Iqbal Ali
  • 5. DEA Software Packages
  • 6. Evaluating the Impacts of Operating Strategies on Efficiency in the U.S. Airline Industry / Rajiv D. Banker and Holly H. Johnston
  • 7. Analyzing Technical and Allocative Efficiency of Hospitals / Patricia Byrnes and Vivian Valdmanis
  • 8. A Multiperiod Analysis of Market Segments and Brand Efficiency in the Competitive Carbonated Beverage Industry / Abraham Chames, William W. Cooper, Boaz Golany, D. B. Learner, Fred Y. Phillips and John J. Rousseau
  • 9. Exploring Why Some Physicians' Hospital Practices Are More Efficient: Taking DEA Inside the Hospital / Jon A. Chilingerian
  • 10. On the Measurement and Monitoring of Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols / Wade D. Cook, Alex Kazakov and Yaakov Roll.