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DEA is computational at its core and this book will be one of several books that we will look to publish on the computational aspects of DEA. This book by Zhu and Cook will deal with the micro aspects of handling and modeling data issues in modeling DEA problems. DEA's use has grown with its capability of dealing with complex "service industry" and the "public service domain" types of problems that require modeling both qualitative and quantitative data. This will be a handbook treatment dealing with specific data problems including the following: (1) imprecise data, (2) inaccurate data, (3) missing data, (4) qualitative data, (5) outliers, (6) undesirable outputs, (7) quality data, (8) statistical analysis, (9) software and other data aspects of modeling complex DEA problems. In addition, the book will demonstrate how to visualize DEA results when the data is more than 3-dimensional, and how to identify efficiency units quickly and accurately.
List of contents
Data Irregularities And Structural Complexities In Dea.- Rank Order Data In Dea.- Interval And Ordinal Data.- Variables With Negative Values In Dea.- Non-Discretionary Inputs.- DEA with Undesirable Factors.- European Nitrate Pollution Regulation and French Pig Farms' Performance.- PCA-DEA.- Mining Nonparametric Frontiers.- DEA Presented Graphically Using Multi-Dimensional Scaling.- DEA Models For Supply Chain or Multi-Stage Structure.- Network DEA.- Context-Dependent Data Envelopment Analysis and its Use.- Flexible Measures-Classifying Inputs and Outputs.- Integer Dea Models.- Data Envelopment Analysis With Missing Data.- Preparing Your Data for DEA.
About the author
JOE ZHU is Associate Professor of Operations in the Department of Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Zhu received his PhD in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Zhu has published two books focusing on performance evaluation using Data Envelopment Analysis and has developed the DEAFrontier software. An associate editor of the Omega journal, he is an expert in methods of performance measurement. Dr. Zhu has published over forty refereed papers in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, IIE Transactions, and the Journal of Operational Research Society.
Summary
DEA is computational at its core and this book will be one of several books that we will look to publish on the computational aspects of DEA. This book by Zhu and Cook will deal with the micro aspects of handling and modeling data issues in modeling DEA problems. DEA's use has grown with its capability of dealing with complex "service industry" and the "public service domain" types of problems that require modeling both qualitative and quantitative data. This will be a handbook treatment dealing with specific data problems including the following: (1) imprecise data, (2) inaccurate data, (3) missing data, (4) qualitative data, (5) outliers, (6) undesirable outputs, (7) quality data, (8) statistical analysis, (9) software and other data aspects of modeling complex DEA problems. In addition, the book will demonstrate how to visualize DEA results when the data is more than 3-dimensional, and how to identify efficiency units quickly and accurately.
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From the reviews:
"This book collects 17 articles that study data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques. … Those working with and already familiar with DEA methods may find the book more useful." (Robert Lund, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 103 (484), December 2008)
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From the reviews:
"This book collects 17 articles that study data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques. ... Those working with and already familiar with DEA methods may find the book more useful." (Robert Lund, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 103 (484), December 2008)
