Handbook on data envelopment analysis (Q1886084)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. Publisher's description: Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has grown into a powerful quantitative, analytical tool for measuring and evaluating performance. It has been successfully applied to a host of different entities engaged in a wide variety of activities in many different countries. DEA's `data-oriented' approach has been widely used in evaluating the efficiency and productiviy of many different kinds of entities engaged in many different kinds of activities in many different contexts. DEA opens up possibilities for use in cases which have been resistant to other approaches because of the complex and often unknown nature of the relationships between their many activities. In addition, DEA is used to provide new insights into activities and entities that have previously been evaluated by other methods. This handbook has been developed as a comprehensive reference for researchers, students and practitioners. It reflects the state-of-the-art in data envelopment analysis. It also represents a milestone in the progression of a continuously advancing methodology. The handbook is organized into three sections written by experts who are major contributors to the topics covered. The first section is a comprehensive examination of the basic DEA models and DEA extensions. The second section consists of a collection of coverages by persons experienced in applications to the areas of banking, education, sports, retailing, health care, etc. The final section is a review of current DEA software technology. Contents: William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford and Joe Zhu, Data envelopment analysis: history, models and interpretations (1--39); Rajiv D. Banker, William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford and Joe Zhu, Returns to scale in DEA (41--73); William W. Cooper, Shanling Li, Lawrence M. Seiford and Joe Zhu, Sensitivity analysis in DEA (75--97); Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Maria Conceiçao Portela and Rachel Allen, Incorporating value judgments in DEA (99--138); Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf and Gerald Whittaker, Distance functions with applications to DEA (139--152); Wade D. Cook, Qualitative data in DEA (153--175); William W. Cooper, Honghui Deng, Lawrence M. Seiford and Joe Zhu, Congestion: its identification and management with DEA (177--201); Kaoru Tone, Malmquist productivity index: efficiency change over time (203--227); William W. Cooper, Zhimin Huang and Susan X. Li, Chance constrained DEA (229--264); Léopold Simar and Paul W. Wilson, Performance of the bootstrap for DEA estimators and iterating the principle (265--298); Rajiv D. Banker and Ram Natarajan, Statistical tests based on DEA efficiency scores (299--321); John Ruggiero, Performance evaluation in education: modeling educational production (323--348); Joseph C. Paradi, Sandra Vela and Zijiang Yang, Assessing bank and bank branch performance: modeling considerations and approaches (349--400); Konstantinos P. Triantis, Engineering applications of data envelopment analysis: issues and opportunities (401--441); Timothy R. Anderson, Benchmarking in sports. Bonds or Ruth: determining the most dominant baseball batter using DEA (443--454); Antreas Athanassopoulos, Assessing the selling function in retailing: insights from banking, sales forces, restaurants and betting shops (455--479); Jon A. Chilingerian and H. David Sherman, Health care applications: from hospitals to physicians, from productive efficiency to quality frontiers (481--537); Richard S. Barr, DEA software tools and technology: a state-of-the-art survey (539--566). Indexed articles: \textit{Cooper, William W.; Seiford, Lawrence M.; Zhu, Joe}, Data envelopment analysis, 1-39 [Zbl 1085.90511] \textit{Banker, Rajiv D.; Cooper, William W.; Seiford, Lawrence M.; Zhu, Joe}, Returns to scale in DEA, 41-73 [Zbl 1085.90506] \textit{Cooper, William W.; Li, Shanling; Seiford, Lawrence M.; Zhu, Joe}, Sensitivity analysis in DEA, 75-97 [Zbl 1085.90510] \textit{Thanassoulis, Emmanuel; Portela, Maria Conceição; Allen, Rachel}, Incorporating value jugdments in DEA, 99-138 [Zbl 1085.90514] \textit{Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Whittaker, Gerald}, Distance functions -- with applications to DEA, 139-152 [Zbl 1085.90512] \textit{Cook, Wade D.}, Qualitative data in DEA, 153-175 [Zbl 1085.90508] \textit{Cooper, William W.; Deng, Honghui; Seiford, Lawrence M.; Zhu, Joe}, Congestion -- its identification and management with DEA, 177-201 [Zbl 1085.90509] \textit{Tone, Kaoru}, Malmquist productivity index -- efficiency change over time, 203-227 [Zbl 1085.90515] \textit{Cooper, William W.; Huang, Zhimin; Li, Susan X.}, Chance constrained DEA, 229-264 [Zbl 1090.90526] \textit{Simar, Léopold; Wilson, Paul W.}, Performance of the bootstrap for DEA estimators and iterating the principle, 265-298 [Zbl 1085.90513] \textit{Banker, Rajiv D.; Natarajan, Ram}, Statistical tests based on DEA efficiency scores, 299-321 [Zbl 1085.90507] \textit{Ruggiero, John}, Performance evaluation in education, 323-348 [Zbl 1090.90531] \textit{Paradi, Joseph C.; Vela, Sandra; Yang, Zijiang}, Asessing bank and bank branch performance -- modeling considerations and approaches, 349-400 [Zbl 1090.90530] \textit{Triantis, Konstantinos P.}, Engineering applications of data envelopment analysis, 401-441 [Zbl 1090.90533] \textit{Anderson, Timothy R.}, Benchmarking in sports -- Bonds or Ruth: determining the most dominant baseball batter using DEA, 443-454 [Zbl 1085.90504] \textit{Athanassopoulos, Antreas}, Assessing the selling function in retailing -- insights from banking, sales forces, restaurants and betting shops, 455-479 [Zbl 1085.90505] \textit{Chilingerian, Jon A.; Sherman, H. David}, Health care applications -- from hospitals to physicians, from productive efficiency to quality frontiers, 481-537 [Zbl 1090.90525] \textit{Barr, Richard S.}, DEA software tools and technology -- a state-of-the-art survey, 539-566 [Zbl 1090.90524]