Data envelopment analysis (DEA) - Thirty years on

CDC developed the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) to monitor six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth--behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity--plus overweight. These risk behaviors contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC as well as state, territorial, and local school-based surveys conducted by education and health agencies. In these surveys, conducted biennially since 1991, representative samples of students in grades 9--12 are drawn. In 2003, a total of 15,214 students completed the national survey, and 32 states and 20 school districts also obtained data representative of their jurisdiction. Although multiple publications have described certain methodologic features of YRBSS, no report has included a comprehensive description of the system and its methodology. This report describes the background and rationale for YRBSS and includes a detailed description of the methodologic features of the system, including its questionnaire; operational procedures; sampling, weighting, and response rates; data-collection protocols; data-processing procedures; reports and publications; and data quality. YRBSS is evolving to meet the needs of CDC and other users of the data.

Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance system.

Quality function deployment: A literature review

The purpose of this paper is to briefly trace the evolution of DEA from the initial publication by Charnes et al. (1978b) to the current state of the art (SOA). The state of development of DEA is characterized at four points in time to provide a perspective in both directions—past and future. An evolution map is provided which illustrates DEA growth during the 17-year period, the timing of the major events, and the interconnections and influences between topics. An extensive DEA bibliography is provided.

Data envelopment analysis: The evolution of the state of the art (1978–1995)

Performance indicators in the public sector have often been criticised for being inadequate and not conducive to analysing efficiency. The main objective of this study is to use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to examine the relative efficiency of Australian universities. Three performance models are developed, namely, overall performance, performance on delivery of educational services, and performance on fee-paying enrolments. The findings based on 1995 data show that the university sector was performing well on technical and scale efficiency but there was room for improving performance on fee-paying enrolments. There were also small slacks in input utilisation. More universities were operating at decreasing returns to scale, indicating a potential to downsize. DEA helps in identifying the reference sets for inefficient institutions and objectively determines productivity improvements. As such, it can be a valuable benchmarking tool for educational administrators and assist in more efficient allocation of scarce resources. In the absence of market mechanisms to price educational outputs, which renders traditional production or cost functions inappropriate, universities are particularly obliged to seek alternative efficiency analysis methods such as DEA.

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Investigating technical and scale efficiencies of australian universities through data envelopment analysis

From the Publisher:
Management Information Systems for the Information Age,3rd edition maintains the unique overall approach of the successful second edition: the right mix of traditional and leading edge topical coverage along with LOTS of hands-on,problem-solving projects. Haag works well for professors (and students) who want a very interactive,engaging experience,and for those who want to see a strong tie to the latest and greatest on the Internet and corresponding textbook website. Haag is equally appropriate for both business and non-business majors. 
This revision now clearly distinguishes between technical and managerial topics key to MIS by organizing the technology coverage into Modules and the managerial material into Chapters. In response to feedback from both users and non-users,the chapters have been slightly reorganized to incorporate increased coverage of E-Commerce and E-Business (now a full chapter 5). Pedagogical features have been retained but fine-tuned and the vibrant design has been toned down to reflect fewer features on a page.

Management Information Systems for the Information Age

In contrast to existing sufficient conditions for preservation of efficiency under special perturbations and matrix structural assumptions, sensitivity of the additive model's classifications in data envelopment analysis (DEA) is investigated by means of new DEA formulations focusing on the stability (sensitivity) of an organization's classification (whether efficient or inefficient). The formulations for the additive model are linear programming problems whose solutions yield a particular region of stability, a ‘cell’, in which an organization's classification remains unchanged. The largest such cell can always be easily computed for each organization and additionally theoretically characterized simply as optimal solutions of particular linear programming problems.

Sensitivity of efficiency classifications in the additive model of data envelopment analysis

The authors survey major software vendors' use of quality improvement techniques during the early stages of the system development life cycle.

Quality function deployment usage in software development

Business Driven Technology discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs
Table of contents
Chapter 1 Business Driven TechnologyChapter 2 Identifying Competitive AdvantagesChapter 3 Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive AdvantagesChapter 3 Measuring the Success of Strategic InitiativesChapter 4 Organizational Structures that Support Strategic InitiativesChapter 5 Valuing Organizational InformationChapter 6 Storing Organizational Information – DatabasesChapter 7 Accessing Organizational Information – Data WarehouseChapter 8 Enabling the Organization – Decision MakingChapter 9 Extending the Organization – Supply Chain ManagementChapter 10 Building a Customer-Centric Organization – Customer Relationship ManagementChapter 11 Integrating the Organization from End-to-End – Enterprise Resource PlanningChapter 12 Creating Innovative OrganizationsChapter 13 E-BusinessChapter 14 Creating Collaborative PartnershipsChapter 15 Integrating Wireless Technology in BusinessChapter 16 Building Software to Support an Agile OrganizationChapter 17 Outsourcing in the 21st CenturyChapter 18 Developing a 21st Century Organization Business Plug-InsB1 Business BasicsB2 Business ProcessB3 Hardware and SoftwareB4 Enterprise ArchitecturesB5 Networks, Telecommunications, and Wireless ComputingB6 Information SecurityB7 EthicsB8 Supply Chain ManagementB9 Customer Relationship ManagementB10 Enterprise Resource PlanningB11 E-Business ModelsB12 Emerging Trends and TechnologyB13 Strategic OutsourcingB14 Systems DevelopmentB15 Project ManagementTechnical Plug-InsT1 Personal Productivity Using IT (OLC only)T2 Basic Skills Using Excel (OLC only)T3 Problem Solving Using Excel (OLC only)T4 Decision Making Using Excel (OLC only)T5 Designing Database Applications (OLC only)T6 Basic Skills Using Access (OLC only)T7 Problem Solving Using Access (OLC only)T8 Decision Making Using Access (OLC only)T9 Designing Web Pages (OLC only)T10 Creating Web Pages Using HTML (OLC only)T11 Creating Web Pages Using Dreamweaver (OLC only)T12 Creating Gantt Charts with Excel and Microsoft Project (OLC only)

Business Driven Technology

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This text will fit best in an MIS course where students have to do a lot of hands-on,problem-solving projects,especially on the Internet. Haag works well for professors who want an interactive,engaging experience. If a professor has large classes or wants a way to get everyone involved (bus/non-business majors),this is the book for them. The overall content and organization of the book has been retained,providing a clearly focused overview of Information Systems. The Second Edition continues to cover Management Information Systems concepts with a different approach and organization of topics compared to traditional introductory I. S. books for example. Electronic Commerce and its effect on organizations is a major theme in this text,threaded through each chapter. The authors assume that students know a little about hardware and software and focus more on the way organizations use information systems. There are many sidebars,boxes,and examples pulled from real-world organizations and many individual and group projects for students to work on-tying theory to practice. This is perhaps our most practical,hands-on text.

Stephen Haag

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Management Information Systems for the Information Age

Sensitivity of efficiency classifications in the additive model of data envelopment analysis

Quality function deployment usage in software development

Business Driven Technology

Management Information Systems for the Information Age