中日城市供水系统静态效率的对比研究

文章运用DEA方法，评价了北京、东京、上海以及横滨等城市2003年-2005年间供水系统的静态效率，发现日本三个城市供水系统的效率要高于中国三个城市的效率，造成这种状况的原因主要在于中国的水价体系还不够完善，供水企业收益不能完全回收其成本。     

Performance measurement and classification data in DEA: Input-oriented model

This paper presents an improved efficiency measurement tool by modifying the existing data envelopment analysis methodology to permit the incorporation of expert knowledge. A previous paper examined the inclusion of such knowledge within the additive model. This information appeared in the form of a binary classification of a subset of the decision making units under study (e.g. good versus poor performers). In the current paper, we extend this logic to the input-oriented radial projection model. We demonstrate that the inclusion of this and other forms of expert judgment can improve the performance of the DEA tool in the sense that the efficiency scores are more in line with expert/management beliefs.     

高技术园区技术效率与规模指数——基于DEA的实证研究

文章运用数据包络分析法评价了53个国家级开发区的投入产出效率、投入剩余和产出亏空状况,同时以超效率DEA模型为基础对这些开发区的生产效率进行综合排名,最后通过线性回归探讨影响投入产出的纯技术效率和规模指数的外部因素。结果发现:(1)在众多的开发区中真正处于有效率生产状态的地区并不多,占20.75%,处于纯技术有效的开发区占39.62%;(2)导致大部分开发区无法处于有效的生产前沿面上进行生产的最直接的原因是规模过小;(3)开发区的投入产出纯技术效率受地区的开放程度、集聚程度和气候环境的影响较大,而规模指数则受开放程度、地区经济实力和政府政策的影响较为明显。     

企业信息系统项目效率的评价方法研究

在简要总结信息系统评价方法的基础上,提出了应用改进的DEA模型客观评价企业信息系统项目效率的方法,建立了信息系统项目的投入和产出指标体系,并实证分析了大型陶瓷企业信息系统项目的相对效率.     

Performance measurement with classification information: an enhanced additive DEA model

This paper presents an improved measurement tool for evaluating performance of branches within a major Canadian bank. While there have been numerous previous studies of performance in the banking industry, particularly at the branch level, this study is different in a very significant way: specifically two kinds of data are used to develop the model. The first type of data is that related to standard transactions, available from any bank; such have formed the basis of numerous previous studies. The second type of data, obtained from the site studied, is classification information, based on branch consultant/expert judgment as to good and poor performance of branches. The purpose herein is to present a modified version of an existing benchmarking model, data envelopment analysis (DEA), and to show how this tool is applied in the banking industry. The mechanism used herein to incorporate expert knowledge within the DEA framework is to first apply a discriminant or classification tool, to quantify the functional relation that best captures the expert's mental model for performance. The outcome of this first phase is an orientation of variables to aid in the definition of inputs and outputs. The resulting orientation then defines the DEA model that makes up the second phase of the model.     

基于灰关联约束超效率DEA的重点实验室评估研究——以河北省省级重点实验室为例

目前国内外对重点实验室的评估主要采用专家评价等软评价方法,较少考虑科技投入和科技产出之间的关联关系。在对国内外重点实验室评估方法进行深入研究的基础上,利用灰色关联度分析指标内在的关联性,将其作为限制条件加入超效率DEA评价模型中,构建了基于灰色关联权重约束的超效率DEA评价模型,并应用于河北省省级重点实验室评估的实证分析。研究结果显示,此模型与传统的CCR模型和超效率DEA模型相比,既可以揭示科技投入和科技产出之间的内在联系,又可以保持DEA评价的客观性,与此同时,还可实现不同实验室评估结果的全排序,使得评估结果更加符合实际。     

国家创新型城市效率评价研究——基于两阶段DEA模型

采用共享投入型两阶段数据包络分析（DEA）模型,并构建多环节的创新型城市评价指标体系,对长三角地区创新型城市的创新效率进行评价。结果表明:在未来国家创新型城市建设过程中,相关城市不仅要考虑科技创新,还应考虑经济效益、社会效益和生态效益;在资金投入方面,需要构建金融创新体系,深化资本市场的建设,提升对创新创业的支持力度,强化科技金融服务能力;在创新型城市的建设过程中,应加快产业结构的调整,鼓励自主创业和创新型中小企业的发展,加快推进城市的生态文明建设。     

Data envelopment analysis in the presence of measurement error: case study from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®)

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is the most commonly used approach for evaluating healthcare efficiency [B. Hollingsworth, The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health care delivery. Health Economics 17(10) (2008), pp. 1107–1128], but a long-standing concern is that DEA assumes that data are measured without error. This is quite unlikely, and DEA and other efficiency analysis techniques may yield biased efficiency estimates if it is not realized [B.J. Gajewski, R. Lee, M. Bott, U. Piamjariyakul, and R.L. Taunton, On estimating the distribution of data envelopment analysis efficiency scores: an application to nursing homes’ care planning process. Journal of Applied Statistics 36(9) (2009), pp. 933–944; J. Ruggiero, Data envelopment analysis with stochastic data. Journal of the Operational Research Society 55 (2004), pp. 1008–1012]. We propose to address measurement error systematically using a Bayesian method (Bayesian DEA). We will apply Bayesian DEA to data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators^® to estimate nursing units’ efficiency. Several external reliability studies inform the posterior distribution of the measurement error on the DEA variables. We will discuss the case of generalizing the approach to situations where an external reliability study is not feasible.     

Efficiency measures of the Chinese commercial banking system using an additive two-stage DEA

Measuring and improving the efficiency of the Chinese commercial banking system has recently attracted increasing interest. Few studies, however, have adopted the two-stage network DEA to explore this issue in the Chinese context. Because the entire operational process of the banking system could be divided into two sub-processes (deposit producing and profit earning), the evaluation of the sub-process efficiencies could be used to assist in identifying the sources of the inefficiency of the entire banking system. In this study, we utilize the network DEA approach to disaggregate, evaluate and test the efficiencies of 16 major Chinese commercial banks during the third round of the Chinese banking reform period (2003–2011) with the variable returns to scale setting and the consideration of undesirable/bad output. The main findings of this study are as follows: (i) the two-stage DEA model is more effective than the conventional black box DEA model in identifying the inefficiency of banking system, and the inefficiency of the Chinese banking system primarily results from the inefficiency of its deposit producing sub-process; (ii) the overall efficiency of the Chinese banking system improves over the study period because of the reform; (iii) the state-owned commercial banks (SOBs) appear to be more overall efficient than the joint-stock commercial banks (JSBs) only in the pre-reform period, and the efficiency difference between the SOBs and the JSBs is reduced over the post-reform period; (iv) the disposal of non-performing loans (NPLs) from the Chinese banking system in general explains its efficiency improvement, and the joint-equity reform of the SOBs specifically increases their efficiencies.     

Evaluation of bank branch growth potential using data envelopment analysis

Banks occasionally employ frontier efficiency analyses to objectively identify best practices within their organizations. Amongst such methods, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was found to be one of the leading approaches. DEA has been successfully applied in many bank branch performance evaluations using traditional intermediation, profitability and production approaches. However, there has been little focus on assessing the growth potential of individual branches.This research presents five models that examine three perspectives of branch growth. Each model was applied to the branch network of one of Canada׳s top five banks to gauge the growth potential of individual branches and to provide tailored improvement recommendations. Using various analysis methodologies, the results of each model were examined and their functionality assessed.