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Title:
Handbook on data envelopment analysis
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Kluwer's international series in operations research & management science
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Norwell, MA : Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2004
ISBN:
9781402077975

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ThisHandbookhas been developed as a comprehensive reference for researchers, students and practitioners. It reflects the state-of-the-art in Data Envelopment Analysis. It also represents a milestone in the progression of a continuously advancing methodology. which has extensive utility. Written by experts - who are the major research contributors to the topics covered - theHandbookis organized in three sections. The first section is a comprehensive examination of the basic DEA models and DEA extensions. The second section consists of a collection of coverages by persons experienced in applications to the areas of banking, education, sports, retailing, health care, etc. The final section is a review of current DEA software technology.


Table of Contents

PrefaceW.W. Cooper and L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu
1 Data Envelopment Analysis: History, Models and InterpretationsW.W. Cooper and L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu
2 Returns to Scale in DEAR.D. Banker and W.W. Cooper and L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu
3 Sensitivity Analysis in DEAW.W. Cooper and Shanling Li and L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu
4 Incorporating Value Judgments in DEAE. Thanassoulis and M.C. Portela and R. Allen
5 Distance Functions with Applications to DEAR. FÃñre and S. Grosskopf and G. Whittaker
6 Qualitative Data in DEAW.D. Cook
7 Congestion: Its Identification and Management with DEAW.W. Cooper and Honghui Deng and L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu
8 Malmquist Productivity Index: Efficiency Change Over TimeK. Tone
9 Chance Constrained DEAW.W. Cooper and Zhimin Huang and S.X. Li
10 Performance of the Bootstrap for DEA Estimators and Iterating the PrincipleL. Simar and P.W.Wilson
11 Statistical Tests Based on DEA Efficiency ScoresR.D. Banker and R. Natarajan
12 Performance Evaluation in Education: Modeling Educational ProductionJ. Ruggiero
13 Assessing Bank and Bank Branch Performance: Modeling Considerations and ApproachesJ.C. Paradi and S. Vela and Zijiang Yang
14 Engineering Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis: Issues and OpportunitiesK.P. Triantis
15 Benchmarking in Sports: Bonds or Ruth: Determining the Most Dominant Baseball Batter Using DEAT.R. Anderson
16 Assessing the Selling Function in Retailing: Insights from Banking, Sales forces, Restaurants & Betting shopsA.D. Athanassopoulos
17 Health Care Applications: From Hospitals to Physicians, From Productive Efficiency to Quality FrontiersJ.A. Chilingerian and H.D. Sherman
18 DEA Software Tools and Technology: A State-of-the-Art SurveyR. Barr
Notes about Authors
Author Index
Subject Index