Performance Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA)

The aim of these two courses is to enable participants to understand how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Econometric Methods including Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) can be used to derive measures of efficiency and productivity change over time in complex multi‐output multi‐input contexts in the production of goods and services.

DEA-SFA details

Presenters:

Professor Emmanuel Thanassoulis

Emmanuel is Professor in Management Sciences at Aston Business School and is on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Operational Research. He is a world authority on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with over 60 refereed publications in the area including the highly influential book Introduction to the Theory and Application of Data Envelopment Analysis: A foundation text with integrated software (Springer) and ‘DEA—The Mathematical Programming Approach to Efficiency Analysis’, in The Measurement of Productive Efficiency and Productivity Growth (Oxford University Press). He has co-developed highly acclaimed DEA Software and has acted as consultant on efficiency and productivity analysis to a variety of organisations, including Sibelga (Belgian gas and electricitydistribution operator), Transco, Ofwat, the UK Department for Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury.

Dr Ali Emrouznejad

Ali is a Reader in Operations and Information Management Group at Aston Business School, UK. His areas of research interest include performance measurement and management, efficiency and productivity analysis as well as data mining. Dr Emrouznejad is editor of Annals of Operations Research, Associate Editor of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Associate Editor of IMA journal of Management Mathematics, Senior Editor of Data Envelopment Analysis journal, and member of editorial boards or guest editor in several other scientific journals. He has published over 70 papers in top ranked journals, he has also published several DEA books including “Performance Measurement with Fuzzy DEA” and “Managing Service Productivity”. He is also co-founder of Performance Improvement Management Software (PIM-DEA), see http://www.DEAzone.com .

Dr Dimitris Giraleas

Dimitris is Lecturer in Business Statistics in Aston Business School, Birmingham, teaching Statistics for Business, Data Envelopment analysis and Advance Performance Measurement in the Postgraduate level. Prior to joining academia, Dimitris was a business and economics consultant with more than 10 years of experience. His main areas of expertise are Performance Management, Economic Regulation and Econometric and Mathematical Modelling.

http://www.DEAzone.com/aston-course

Who should participate?

Those interested in assessing performance of organisational units, for instance, banking, health services , education, regulation, and governance.

How is the programme delivered?

The teaching is based on lectures, small group working and hands-on use of software.

Further and information on course content:
If you require more information on course content please contact Prof Emmanuel Thanassoulis (e.thanassoulis@aston.ac.uk).

Fees:
The fee is £300 for students and £550 for others per delegate per day. The fee includes, coffee/teas, lunch and dinner during the course.

Accommodation:
Accommodation is not included; there is accommodation in campus or nearby. For information please contact Becky Gill at (r.a.gill@aston.ac.uk).

Reserving a place:
Please contact Tanya Lomas (t.lomas@aston.ac.uk). Payment is required in full prior to the commencement of the course and can be made by credit card, cheque raised on a UK bank account or we can invoice your employer.