Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Uses: With DEA-Solver Software and References

by William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford, Kaoru Tone

Overview

Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Uses: With DEA-Solver Software and References has been carefully designed by the authors to provide a systematic introduction to DEA and its uses as a multifaceted tool for evaluating problems in a variety of contexts. The authors have been involved in DEA's development from the beginning. William Cooper (with Abraham Charnes and Edwardo Rhodes) is a founder of DEA. Lawrence Seiford and Kaoru Tone have been actively involved as researchers and practitioners from its earliest beginnings. All have been deeply involved in uses of DEA in practical applications as well as in the development of its basic theory and methodologies. The result is a textbook grounded in authority, experience and substance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387285801
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/16/2005
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

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.- Discretionary, non-Discretionary and Categorical Variables.- Allocation Models.- Data Variations.- Super-Efficiency Models.