Data Envelopment Analysis A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References and DEA-Solver Software /

• Main Authors: Cooper, William W. (Author), Seiford, Lawrence M. (Author), Tone, Kaoru (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Econometrics.; Microeconomics.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Business and Management, general.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Industrial and Production Engineering.

Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References, And DEA-Solver Software, 2nd Edition is designed to provide a systematic introduction to DEA and its uses as a multifaceted tool for evaluating problems in a variety of contexts. Each chapter accompanies its devel...

Table of Contents:

• General Discussion
• The Basic CCR Model
• The CCR Model and Production Correspondence
• Alternative Dea Models
• Returns to Scale
• Models with Restricted Multipliers
• Non-Discretionary and Categorical Variables
• Allocation Models
• Data Variations
• Super-Efficiency Models
• Efficiency Change over Time
• Scale Elasticity and Congestion
• Undesirable Outputs Models
• Economies of Scope and Capacity Utilization
• A Dea Game
• Multi-Stage Use of Parametric and Non-Parametric Models.