This handbook represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Written by experts who are often major contributors to DEA theory, it includes a collection of chapters that represent the current state-of-the-art in DEA research. Topics include distance functions and...

The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists - of different kind and origin - has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic impacts...

DEA for Two-State Networks: Efficiency Decompositions and Modeling Techniques -- Network DEA Pitfalls: Divisional Efficiency and Frontier Projection -- Efficiency Decomposition in Network Data Envelopment Analysis -- Two-Stage Network Processes: DEA Frontier Identification -- Additive Efficiency...

Chapter 1: Data Envelopment Analysis -- Chapter 2: Envelopment DEA Models -- Chapter 3: Multiplier DEA Model -- Chapter 4: DEA Cross Efficiency -- Chapter 5: Slack-Based DEA Models -- Chapter 6: Measure-Specific DEA Models.- Chapter 7: Non-radical DEA Models and DEA with Preference -- Chapter 8:...

This book offers a panoramic view of recent advances in spatial complexity, in order to enhance our understanding of complex spatial networks by simplicity in terms of both the basic driving forces of systemic impacts and the modelling of such systems. Simple models mapping out the evolution of...

'Advances in Tourism Economics' follows his predecessor 'Advances in Modern Tourism Research' (2007) in providing a thorough assessment of state-of-the-art economic research in this rapidly developing field. The authors start by analyzing the recent upsurge of model-based economic research in...

Editorial Introduction -- Behavioral Issues: Loyalty Measurement in Tourism -- Tourists Return Intentions -- Evaluation of the Interrailers’ Satisfaction Regarding the Tourism Services and Activities in Italy, Greece and Croatia -- Forecasting Tourism Demand for South Africa Using a Single...