Data envelopment analysis : theory and techniques for economics and operations research

Subhash C. Ray

This book deals with the method of data envelopment analysis that uses mathematical programming techniques to obtain measures of efficiency of individual forms from their observed input and output quantities. This permits setting up realistic input-output targets for the firms' managers

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Ray, Subhash C.
Publisher:	Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
Subject:	Data-Envelopment-Analyse \| Data envelopment analysis \| Operations Research \| Operations research \| Produktionstheorie \| Production theory \| Neoklassische Theorie \| Neoclassical economics
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xii, 353 p) ill
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Productivity, Efficiency, and Data Envelopment Analysis; 3 Variable Returns to Scale: Separating Technical and Scale Efficiencies; 4 Extensions to the Basic DEA Models; 5 Nonradial Models and Pareto-Koopmans Measures of Technical Efficiency; 6 Efficiency Measurement without Convexity Assumption: Free Disposal Hull Analysis; 7 Dealing with Slacks: Assurance Region/Cone Ratio Analysis, Weak Disposability, and Congestion; 8 Efficiency of Merger and Breakup of Firms 9 Efficiency Analysis with Market Prices10 Nonparametric Approaches in Production Economics; 11 Measuring Total Productivity Change over Time; 12 Stochastic Approaches to Data Envelopment Analysis; 13 Looking Ahead; References; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-521-80256-3 ; 0-511-21095-7 ; 978-0-521-80256-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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