A Distribution-Free Approach to Stochastic Efficiency Measurement with Inclusion of Expert Knowledge

This paper proposes a new efficiency benchmarking methodology that is capable of incorporating probability while still preserving the advantages of a distribution-free and nonparametric modeling technique. This new technique developed in this paper will be known as the DEA-Chebyshev model. The found...

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Main Authors: Kerry Khoo-Fazari, Zijiang Yang, Joseph C. Paradi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/102163