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