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Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R (Record no. 25349)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441979612
978-1-4419-7961-2
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Classification number HD30.23
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Classification number 658.40301
Edition number 23
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-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York,
-- 2011.
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Personal name Bogetoft, Peter.
Relator term author.
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Title Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Peter Bogetoft, Lars Otto.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XVI, 352 p.
Other physical details online resource.
440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title International Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
International Standard Serial Number 0884-8289 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 157
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Introduction to Benchmarking -- 2. Efficiency Measures -- 3. Production Models and Technology -- 4. Data Envelopment Analysis DEA -- 5. Additional Topics in DEA -- 6. Statistical Analysis in DEA -- 7. Stochastic Frontier Analysis SFA -- 8. Additional Topics in SFA -- 9. Merger Analysis -- 10. Regulation and Contracting -- Appendix. Getting Started with R: A Quick Introduction.
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Summary, etc This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations, most notably Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) methods.  It introduces the underlying theories, shows how to make the relevant calculations and discusses applications. The aim is to make the reader aware of the pros and cons of the different methods and to show how to use these methods in both standard and non-standard cases. Several software packages have been developed to solve some of the most common DEA and SFA models. This book relies on R, a free, open source software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This enables the reader to solve not only standard problems, but also many other problem variants. Using R, one can focus on understanding the context and developing a good model. One is not restricted to predefined model variants and to a one-size-fits-all approach. To facilitate the use of R, the authors have developed an R package called Benchmarking, which implements the main methods within both DEA and SFA. The book uses mathematical formulations of models and assumptions, but it de-emphasizes the formal proofs - in part by placing them in appendices -- or by referring to the original sources. Moreover, the book emphasizes the usage of the theories and the interpretations of the mathematical formulations.  It includes a series of small examples, graphical illustrations, simple extensions and questions to think about. Also, it combines the formal models with less formal economic and organizational thinking. Last but not least it discusses some larger applications with significant practical impacts, including the design of benchmarking-based regulations of energy companies in different European countries, and the development of merger control programs for competition authorities.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Operations research.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial engineering.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Econometrics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics/Management Science.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Operations Research/Decision Theory.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Econometrics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Operations Research, Mathematical Programming.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial and Production Engineering.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Otto, Lars.
Relator term author.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441979605
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7961-2
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2014-04-10AUM Main Library2014-04-10 2014-04-10 E-Book   AUM Main Library658.40301