Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications

✍ Scribed by Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper, Arie Y. Lewin, Lawrence M. Seiford (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 507
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 includes the most important modeling ex­ tensions. In addition, this is the first book that addresses the actual process of conducting DEA analyses including combining DEA and 1 parametric techniques. The book has three other distinctive features. It traces the applications­ driven evolution and diffusion of DEA models and extensions across disciplinary boundaries. It includes a comprehensive bibliography to serve as a source of references as well as a platform for further develop­ ments. And, finally, the power of DEA analysis is demonstrated through fifteen novel applications which should serve as an inspiration for future applications and extensions of the methodology. The origin of this book was a Conference on New Uses of DEA in 2 Management and Public Policy which was held at the IC Institute of the University of Texas at Austin on September 27-29, 1989. The conference was made possible through NSF Grant #SES-8722504 (A. Charnes and 2 W. W. Cooper, co-PIs) and the support of the IC Institute.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-21
Basic DEA Models....Pages 23-47
Extensions to DEA Models....Pages 49-61
Computational Aspects of DEA....Pages 63-88
DEA Software Packages....Pages 89-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Evaluating the Impacts of Operating Strategies on Efficiency in the U.S. Airline Industry....Pages 97-128
Analyzing Technical and Allocative Efficiency of Hospitals....Pages 129-144
A Multiperiod Analysis of Market Segments and Brand Efficiency in the Competitive Carbonated Beverage Industry....Pages 145-165
Exploring Why Some Physicians’ Hospital Practices are More Efficient: Taking DEA Inside the Hospital....Pages 167-193
On the Measurement and Monitoring of Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols....Pages 195-210
Strategic Leaders in the U.S. Brewing Industry: A Longitudinal Analysis of Outliers....Pages 211-234
A Spatial Efficiency Framework for the Support of Locational Decision....Pages 235-251
Productivity Developments in Swedish Hospitals: A Malmquist Output Index Approach....Pages 253-272
Ownership Type, Property Rights, and Relative Efficiency....Pages 273-283
A Comparative Analysis of Ferry Transport in Norway....Pages 285-311
Incorporating Standards via DEA....Pages 313-328
Stratified Models of Education Production Using Modified DEA and Regression Analysis....Pages 329-351
The Problem of New and Disappearing Commodities in the Construction of Price Indexes....Pages 353-367
Evaluating the Relative Efficiency of Baseball Players....Pages 369-391
Sensitivity Analysis of Efficiency Measures with Applications to Kansas Farming and Illinois Coal Mining....Pages 393-422
Front Matter....Pages 423-423
The DEA Process, Usages, and Interpretations....Pages 425-435
A DEA Bibliography (1978–1992)....Pages 437-469
Back Matter....Pages 471-513

✦ Subjects

Operations Research, Management Science; Microeconomics; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management