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A New Technique For Estimating Confidence Intervals On Dea Efficiency Estimates, Janice Forrester, Timothy R. Anderson
A New Technique For Estimating Confidence Intervals On Dea Efficiency Estimates, Janice Forrester, Timothy R. Anderson
Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
A new approach to chance constrained DEA is described and experimental results are given for calculating a confidence band for the estimated production function. This allows an interval containing the most likely production function, to be specified with a predetermined level of confidence.
Using Data Envelopment Analysis For Evaluating Alternative Software Development Process Configurations, Timothy R. Anderson, Peter K. Ghavami
Using Data Envelopment Analysis For Evaluating Alternative Software Development Process Configurations, Timothy R. Anderson, Peter K. Ghavami
Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
Summary form only given as follows. The goal of achieving better software depends on improvements in software development processes. This paper provides a nonparametric, quantitative methodology for evaluating alternative software development process configurations as a tool for process improvement. The methodology uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) for comparing the impact of varying degrees of software inspection on project schedule, cost and quality. Since every phase of the development process can be inspected at varying levels, a large number of process combinations become possible. Thus a manager's job to compare and select an efficient process configuration can become tedious. This is …