Overview
- Presents the underlying theory, model development, and applications of network DEA in a systematic way
- Develops a new approach for “network DEA” that is able to help identify and manage the specific components that contribute inefficiencies into the overall systems
- Author is an authority in DEA research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 240)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Performance evaluation is an important task in management, and is needed to (i) better understand the past accomplishments of an organization and (ii) plan for its future development. However, this task becomes rather challenging when multiple performance metrics are involved. DEA is a powerful tool to cope with such issues. For systems or operations composed of interrelated processes, managers need to know how the performances of the various processes evaluated and how they are aggregated to form the overall performance of the system. This book provides an advanced exposition on performance evaluation of systems with network structures. It explores the network nature of most production and operation systems, and explains why network analyses are necessary.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Chiang Kao is a University Chair Professor of Industrial and Information Management at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. He received his MS in Operations Research and PhD in Forest Management from Oregon State University, and did post-doctoral research in Economics also at Oregon State University. After joining Cheng Kung University, he has taken sabbatical leaves at Purdue University, Aachen University of Technology (Germany), INSEAD and University of Paul Sabatier (France), and University of Bologna (Italy). He has also been hired by the Computer Science Department of Southwest Texas State University.
Professor Kao has also held administrative posts at Cheng Kung University, including Chairman of Department of Industrial and Information Management, Dean of College of Management, and President of the University. He has published more than fifty papers on DEA in international journals. Of which, twenty are related to network DEA. Currently, he serves as a memberof the Editorial Board for European Journal of Operational Research and an Associate Editor for Omega.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Network Data Envelopment Analysis
Book Subtitle: Foundations and Extensions
Authors: Chiang Kao
Series Title: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31718-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81104-8Published: 09 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31718-2Published: 23 August 2016
Series ISSN: 0884-8289
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7934
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 443
Number of Illustrations: 104 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research, Management Science
Industry Sectors: Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Engineering, Finance, Business & Banking, Materials & Steel, Pharma