Data Envelopment Analysis : A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References and Dea-Solver Software

William W Cooper

ISBN 10: 0387452818 / ISBN 13: 9780387452814

Published by Springer Us, 2006

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References, And DEA-Solver Software, 2nd Edition is designed to provide a systematic introduction to DEA and its uses as a multifaceted tool for evaluating problems in a variety of contexts. Each chapter accompanies its developments with simple numerical examples and discussions of actual applications. Emphasis is placed on the use as well as an understanding of DEA and the topics in this book have been selected and treated accordingly. The first nine chapters cover the basic principles of DEA and the final seven chapters are more advanced treatment of DEA. These final chapters were completely revised into new chapters, reflecting recent developments that greatly extend the power and scope of DEA and lead to new directions for research and DEA uses. Together with the first ten chapters of the basic principles, they will provide students and researchers with a solid understanding of the methodology, its uses and its potential.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Envelopment Analysis : A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References and Dea-Solver Software
• Publisher: Springer Us
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387452818
• ISBN 13: 9780387452814
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

This volume systematically details both the basic principles and new developments in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), offering a solid understanding of the methodology, its uses, and its potential. New material in this edition includes coverage of recent developments that have greatly extended the power and scope of DEA and have lead to new directions for research and DEA uses. Each chapter accompanies its developments with simple numerical examples and discussions of actual applications. The first nine chapters cover the basic principles of DEA, while the final seven chapters provide a more advanced treatment.

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About the Author

Cooper if Foster Parker Professor of Finance and Management in the Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin and the Nadya Kozmetsky Scott Centennial Fellow in the IC2 Institute.