Data Envelopment Analysis
Subtitle: Theory and Techniques for Economics and Operations Research
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 7, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521802567
Subjects: Econometrics; Production (Economic theory); Data envelopment analysis; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - General; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General
First sentence: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a nonparametric method of measuring the efficiency of a decision-making unit (DMU) such as a firm or a public-sector agency, first introduced into the Operations Research (OR) literature by Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes (CCR) (European Journal of Operational Research [EJOR], 1978).