Advances in Efficiency and Productivity
This book grows from a conference on the state of the art and recent advances in Efficiency and Productivity. Papers were commissioned from leading researchers in the field, and include eight explorations into the analytical foundations of eff
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Juan Aparicio C. A. Knox Lovell Jesus T. Pastor Editors
Advances in Efficiency and Productivity
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Volume 249
Series Editor Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA Associate Series Editor Joe Zhu Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA Founding Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6161
Juan Aparicio C. A. Knox Lovell Jesus T. Pastor •
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Editors Juan Aparicio Center of Operations Research Miguel Hernández University of Elche Elche, Alicante Spain
Jesus T. Pastor Center of Operations Research Miguel Hernández University of Elche Elche, Alicante Spain
C. A. Knox Lovell School of Economics, CEPA University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD Australia
ISSN 0884-8289 ISSN 2214-7934 (electronic) International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISBN 978-3-319-48459-4 ISBN 978-3-319-48461-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48461-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016955078 © Springer International Publishing AG 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
Part I 1
Background
Editors’ Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan Aparicio, C. A. Knox Lovell and Jesus T. Pastor
Part II
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Analytical Foundations
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The Reverse Directional Distance Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus T. Pastor, Juan Aparicio, Javier Alcaraz, Fernando Vidal and Diego Pastor
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On Measuring Technological Possibilities by Hypervolumes . . . . . . Mette Asmild and Jens Leth Hougaard
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Loss Distance Functions and Profit Function: General Duality Re
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