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This book helps to solve the problem of substantial waste and inefficiency in port production by analyzing operational efficiency at more than 30 Chinese and Korean leading container ports using three types of DEA model. In addition it offers a returns-to-scale analysis, which is particularly useful for port managers or policy makers deciding on the scale of production. The results provide port managers and relevant scholars with insights into resource allocation and operating performance optimization. This book was supported by the National Science and Technology Academic Publications Fund of China in 2015.

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Introduction.- 1.1 Background of Research.- 1.2 Purpose and Method of Research.- . DEA Conceptual Exposition and Literature Review.- 2.1 Data Envelopment Analysis Conceptual Exposition.- 2.2 Economic Meanings of DEA Efficiency.- 2.3 Literature Review of DEA to Container Terminals.- . Evaluation Modeling for Container Terminal.- 3.1 Approach of Definition Variables.- 3.2 Implementation of Definition Variables.- 3.3 Definition of Output Variable.- 3.4 Definition of Inputs Variables.- 3.5 Standardization of Output and Input Variables.- 3.6 Flow Process of DEA Analyses.- 3.7 Research Procedure.- . Data Collection and Analysis.- 4.1 Outline of Chinese Container Ports.- 4.2 Outline of Korean Container Ports.- 4.3 Collected Data Analysis.- . Efficiency Analysis and Implication.- 5.1 Efficiency Analysis of Container Terminals.- 5.2 Implication of Efficiency Analysis.- . Conclusion.

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Dr. Bo Lu is an associate professor at Dalian University´s School of Economics and Management. He holds a postdoctorate degree in Management from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he holds a PhD in Economics from Tongmyong University, Korea. His research focuses on the areas of port efficiency, privatization, and incentive-mechanism design at terminal concessions in seaports. His research also includes the policy implications of the global banking crises, and deposit insurance. He has published more than 40 journal papers and conference papers and has also edited journals. His articles have appeared in journals such as Maritime Policy & Management, the International Journal of Navigation and Port Research, the Journal of Coastal Research, the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, the Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, and the Journal of Mechanical Engineering. He has reviewed several papers for Maritime Policy & Management and the International Journal of Navigation and Port Research. He is also the Vice President of the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics, the Marine Economic Commission, and an active member and special researcher at the China Logistics Association, and a member of the Academic Association in China.
Prof. Shouyang Wang is the "TEI@I" methodology creator, the President of the International Society for Knowledge and Systems Science, a fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Systems and Control Sciences, and is a council member of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society, and executive council member of the International Society of Multiple Criteria Decision Making. He has published 7 books with the Springer-Verlag, and more than 200 SCI/SSCI academic papers.

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