This paper indicates how an information theoretic approach via the MDI (minimum discrimination information) statistic can be used to help provide a uniform approach to both statistical testing and estimation in various kinds of marketing analyses. Extensions to versions of the MDI statistic also...

Provisions for controlling factor weights constitute a significant extension of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology, as an effective tool for measuring efficiency. This paper suggests a conceptual framework for the treatment of factor weights in DEA. First, the paper proposes general...

This paper presents two applications of rank statistics to evaluate efficiency performance trends using productive efficiency measures derived through various Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models. The paper starts with a discussion of the difficulties in obtaining consistent ranks from DEA...