The measurement of English and Welsh police force efficiency: A comparison of distance function models

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00266-7zbMath1011.90532MaRDI QIDQ1869544

Leigh Drake, Richard Simper

Publication date: 10 April 2003

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

DEAtechnical efficiencyparametric distance functionsEnglish and Welsh police forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

Related Items (7)

Yearly evolution of police efficiency in Spain and explanatory factors ⋮ Input, output and graph technical efficiency measures on non-convex FDH models with various scaling laws: An integrated approach based upon implicit enumeration algorithms ⋮ DEA based models for reallocations of police personnel ⋮ Estimating the cost efficiency of public service providers in the presence of demand uncertainty ⋮ Microfoundations for stochastic frontiers ⋮ When does data envelopment analysis outperform a naïve efficiency measurement model? ⋮ Benchmark optimization and attribute identification for improvement of container terminals

Cites Work

• Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis
• Measuring the efficiency of decision making units
• Efficiency of financial institutions: International survey and directions for future research
• Assessing police forces in England and Wales using data envelopment analysis
• A comparison of parametric and non-parametric distance functions: With application to European railways
• A Comparison of Regression Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis as Alternative Methods for Performance Assessments
• A Procedure for Ranking Efficient Units in Data Envelopment Analysis
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item

This page was built for publication: The measurement of English and Welsh police force efficiency: A comparison of distance function models