Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications

This book represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelop­ ment Analysis (DEA). It is the first reference text which includes a comprehensive review and comparative discussion of the basic DEA models. The development is anchored in a unified mathematical and graphical treatment and includes the most important modeling ex­ tensions. In addition, this is the first book that addresses the actual process of conducting DEA analyses including combining DEA and 1 parametric techniques. The book has three other distinctive features. It traces the applications­ driven evolution and diffusion of DEA models and extensions across disciplinary boundaries. It includes a comprehensive bibliography to serve as a source of references as well as a platform for further develop­ ments. And, finally, the power of DEA analysis is demonstrated through fifteen novel applications which should serve as an inspiration for future applications and extensions of the methodology. The origin of this book was a Conference on New Uses of DEA in 2 Management and Public Policy which was held at the IC Institute of the University of Texas at Austin on September 27-29, 1989. The conference was made possible through NSF Grant #SES-8722504 (A. Charnes and 2 W. W. Cooper, co-PIs) and the support of the IC Institute.

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.