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Introduction

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The story of data envelopment analysis (DEA) begins with Edwardo Rhodes’s Ph.D. dissertation research at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Urban and Public Affairs (now the H. J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management). Under the supervision of W. W. Cooper, Edwardo Rhodes was evaluating Program Follow Through—the educational program for disadvantaged students (mainly black or Hispanic) undertaken in U.S. public schools with support from the Federal Government. The analysis involved comparing the performance of a matched set of school districts that were participating and not participating in Program Follow Through.

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    Abraham Charnes & William W. Cooper

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Charnes, A., Cooper, W.W., Lewin, A.Y., Seiford, L.M. (1994). Introduction. In: Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0637-5_1

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