{"product_id":"9781493979554","title":"International Series in Operations Research \u0026 Management Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternational Series in Operations Research \u0026amp; Management Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHwang, Shiuh-Nan; Lee, Hsuan-Shih; Zhu, Joe\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook focuses on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) applications in operations analytics which are fundamental tools and techniques for improving operation functions and attaining long-term competitiveness. In fact, the handbook demonstrates that DEA can be viewed as Data Envelopment \u003ci\u003eAnalytics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapters include a review of cross-efficiency evaluation; a case study on measuring the environmental performance of OECS countries; how to select a set of performance metrics in DEA with an application to American banks; a relational network model to take the operations of individual periods into account in measuring efficiencies; how the efficient frontier methods DEA and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) can be used synergistically; and how to integrate DEA and multidimensional scaling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn other chapters, authors construct a dynamic three-stage network DEA model; a bootstrapping based methodology to evaluate returns to scale and convexity assumptions in DEA; hybridizing DEA and cooperative games; using DEA to represent the production technology and directional distance functions to measure band performance; an input-specific Luenberger energy and environmental productivity indicator; and the issue of reference set by differentiating between the uniquely found reference set and the unary and maximal types of the reference set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, additional chapters evaluate and compare the technological advancement observed in different hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) market segments over the past 15 years; radial measurement of efficiency for the production process possessing multi-components under different production technologies; issues around the use of accounting information in DEA; how to use DEA environmental assessment to establish corporate sustainability; a summary of research efforts on DEA environmental assessment applied to energy in the last 30 years; and an overview of DEA and how it can be utilized alone and with other techniques to investigate corporate environmental sustainability questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-05-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781493979554\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4899-7705-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 506\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44806229033100,"sku":"9781493979554","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781493979554.jpg?v=1775004955","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781493979554","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}