Im Rahmen der DEA führt die Notwendigkeit zur Auswahl und Interpretation der zu be-rücksichtigenden Inputs und Outputs zu einer Reihe von Problemen, für deren Bewältigung bislang kein allgemein akzeptiertes Lösungskonzept existiert.Um ein solches Konzept abzuleiten, ist das theoretische...

We report on an application of data envelopment analysis to hospital capacity planning in Germany. This work was carried out as part of a ministry report prepared by a major German health care consulting company. Our input into this report is a first attempt to incorporate the relative economic...

This book helps to solve the problem of substantial waste and inefficiency in port production by analyzing operational efficiency at more than 30 Chinese and Korean leading container ports using three types of DEA model. In addition it offers a returns-to-scale analysis, which is particularly...