Benchmarking with Dea, Sfa, and R

by Peter Bogetoft and Lars Otto

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146142772X
• ISBN13: 9781461427728
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"