Using data envelopment analysis to model the performance of UK coastguard centres

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 889-901

  Van Der Meer, R B ^a   Quigley, J ^a   Storbeck, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Data envelopment analysis; Government; Performance measurement; Shipping

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS (SFA);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 22744436504     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601912     Document Type: Article

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