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This book establishes a reference source for DEA that accomplishes the following seven objectives: Motivates DEA as a new approach to organizing and analyzing data beyond its origin in efficiency analyses; Presents an integrated framework, and standardized notation for understanding basic DEA models and their extension; Develops a deeper understanding of computational issues involved in solving various DEA formulations; Provides insights into the DEA process, its usage and interpretations; Highlights the range of potential uses of DEA through examples of novel applications; Provides an updated comprehensive bibliography; Facilitates the diffusion of DEA by making Chapters 1--4 and 21 available for inclusion in operations research, econometric and statistic textbooks under normal provisions which maintain original copyright status.
List of contents
I Concepts, Models, and Computation.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Basic DEA Models.- 3 Extensions to DEA Models.- 4 Computational Aspects of DEA.- 5 DEA Software Packages.- II Novel Applications.- 6 Evaluating the Impacts of Operating Strategies on Efficiency in the U.S. Airline Industry.- 7 Analyzing Technical and Allocative Efficiency of Hospitals.- 8 A Multiperiod Analysis of Market Segments and Brand Efficiency in the Competitive Carbonated Beverage Industry.- 9 Exploring Why Some Physicians' Hospital Practices Are More Efficient: Taking DEA Inside the Hospital.- 10 On the Measurement and Monitoring of Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols.- 11 Strategic Leaders in the U.S. Brewing industry: A Longitudinal Analysis of Outliers.- 12 A Spatial Efficiency Framework for the Support of Locational Decision.- 13 Productivity Developments in Swedish Hospitals: A Malmquist Output Index Approach.- 14 Ownership Type, Property Rights, and Relative Efficiency.- 15 A Comparative Analysis of Ferry Transport in Norway.- 16 Incorporating Standards Via DEA.- 17 Stratified Models of Education Production Using Modified DEA and Regression Analysis.- 18 The Problem of New and Disappearing Commodities in the Construction of Price Indexes.- 19 Evaluating the Relative Efficiency of Baseball Players.- 20 Sensitivity Analysis of Efficiency Measures with Applications to Kansas Farming and Illinois Coal Mining.- III Epilogue: Process and Bibliography.- 21 The DEA Process, Usages, and Interpretations.- 22 A DEA Bibliography (1978-1992).- Notes about Authors.- List of Conference Participants.- References.
Summary
This book represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelop ment Analysis (DEA). In addition, this is the first book that addresses the actual process of conducting DEA analyses including combining DEA and 1 parametric techniques.
