The CCR ratio form introduced by Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, as part of their Data Envelopment Analysis approach, comprehends both technical and scale inefficiencies via the optimal value of the ratio ...

Citation Metters, R., F. Frei, and V. Vargas. "Measurement of Multiple Sites in Service Firms with Data Envelopment Analysis." Production and Operations Management 8, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 264–281.

Thomas R. Nunamaker, Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Efficiency of Non-Profit Organizations: A Critical Evaluation, Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. 50 ...

Data envelopment analysis, which investigates the efficiency of VaR models using a number of different parameters, is carried out in lieu of standard backtesting techniques. This study shows that, for ...

We build a frontier function model with technical and cost efficiency measures to assess the impact of energy costs on competitiveness in the aluminum industry, a heavy energy consumer, by identifying ...

THE SENSATION WE CALL 'ENVELOPMENT' Envelopment is a subjective sensation we humans experience, through sound, of the room we're in. In the real world, we have this sensation as a function of the many ...

Banking sectors in transition economies have experienced major transformations throughout the 1990s. While some countries have been successful in eliminating underlying distortions and restructuring ...