Title :
Primal and dual DEA measures of capacity utilization
Author :
Fare, Rolf ; Grosskopf, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Agric. & Resource Econ., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given as follows. This paper extends earlier work on specification of output capacity and utilization in an output oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) framework (which we refer to as primal approach) to what we call a dual approach, which introduces input prices and cost. This provides a link to the traditional measures of capacity in the economics literature based on cost functions. This also provides several alternative DEA options for applied work
Keywords :
data envelopment analysis; management; capacity utilization; cost; cost functions; data envelopment analysis; dual DEA measures; dual approach; economics; input prices; output capacity specification; output oriented DEA framework; primal DEA measures; Best practices; Costs; Data envelopment analysis; Industrial engineering; Production; Programming; Research and development management; Routing; State estimation; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808479
