Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 Productivity Efficiency, and Data Envelopment Analysis
- 3 Variable Returns to Scale: Separating Technical and Scale Efficiencies
- 4 Extensions to the Basic DEA Models
- 5 Nonradial Models and Pareto–Koopmans Measures of Technical Efficiency
- 6 Efficiency Measurement without Convexity Assumption: Free Disposal Hull Analysis
- 7 Dealing with Slacks: Assurance Region/Cone Ratio Analysis, Weak Disposability, and Congestion
- 8 Efficiency of Merger and Breakup of Firms
- 9 Efficiency Analysis with Market Prices
- 10 Nonparametric Approaches in Production Economics
- 11 Measuring Total Productivity Change over Time
- 12 Stochastic Approaches to Data Envelopment Analysis
- 13 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
6 - Efficiency Measurement without Convexity Assumption: Free Disposal Hull Analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 Productivity Efficiency, and Data Envelopment Analysis
- 3 Variable Returns to Scale: Separating Technical and Scale Efficiencies
- 4 Extensions to the Basic DEA Models
- 5 Nonradial Models and Pareto–Koopmans Measures of Technical Efficiency
- 6 Efficiency Measurement without Convexity Assumption: Free Disposal Hull Analysis
- 7 Dealing with Slacks: Assurance Region/Cone Ratio Analysis, Weak Disposability, and Congestion
- 8 Efficiency of Merger and Breakup of Firms
- 9 Efficiency Analysis with Market Prices
- 10 Nonparametric Approaches in Production Economics
- 11 Measuring Total Productivity Change over Time
- 12 Stochastic Approaches to Data Envelopment Analysis
- 13 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
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- Data Envelopment AnalysisTheory and Techniques for Economics and Operations Research, pp. 134 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004