European Journal of Operational Research 154 (2004) 345–362 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Returns to scale in different DEA models Rajiv D. Banker a‚ William W. Cooper b‚ Lawrence M. Seiford c‚ Robert M. Thrall d‚ Joe Zhu e‚* c School of Management‚ The University of Texas at Dallas‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0658‚ USA Graduate School of Business‚ The University of Texas at Austin‚ Austin‚ TX 78712-1174‚ USA Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI
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Classical period in European music history‚ about 1740–1820. A symphony is a prolonged form of musical alignment that is then played by an orchestra. The orchestra normally consists of several large sections‚ or movements that contain four separate instrumental pieces. The four instrument families that make up these movements are known as; Woodwinds‚ brass‚ percussion and strings. Each family then has other individual instruments that collaborate in a precise way to make the piece they are playing speak
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PGP-12-065 Rajesh P PGP-12-208 Rajesh P PGP-12-208 ABSTRACT The Oxford dictionary describes an organization as “an organized body of people with a particular purpose”. Organizations‚ whether business‚ government or non-profit‚ play an important part in satisfying the complex and changing needs of the society. In doing so‚ organizations bring together their human‚ capital‚ financial‚ physical and information resources and produce products and services that meet the needs of the society. Performance
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struggles along the way‚ but figuring out what she wanted to do with her life would also be a wonderful experience. According to a psychologist James E. Marcia‚ there are four different identity statuses. These identity statuses consist of identity achievement‚ foreclosure‚ moratorium‚ and identity diffusion. Marcia states that the four identity statuses differ according to the presence or absence of crisis and commitment. He defined crisis as a period of conscious
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modeling was originated 30 years ago and up to date is being used in mostly every field of work. It has become a mainstream practice in managing human resources. Over the years‚ the methods used has evolved. The trends used in the approach of competency models in education‚ training‚ assessments and development of workers has changed mainly because of its response to the changes that also occurs in the organizations and different workplace. It may also change because of the needs of the people. During those
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communication‚ chief among them being haptics [touch]‚ body language‚ facial expressions‚ posture‚ proxemics‚ appearance and dressing‚ and paralanguage just but to mention a few. The essay below will serve the purpose of briefly elaborating on just four of the nonverbal communication skills‚ which are‚ haptics‚ proxemics‚ appearance and paralanguage. Haptics‚ is a nonverbal element in communication that involves touch‚ in both animals and man‚ and it is vital in conveying physical intimacy in interpersonal
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I will be talking about the four sociological perspectives and will also be discussing how each sociological perspective may inform our understanding on family‚ parenthood and childhood. The functionalism also called as functionalist however it is the main theoretical perspectives in sociology. Herbert Spencer‚ Emile Durkheim‚ Talcott Parsons‚ and Robert Merton they are the four people that the Functionalist perspectives is based within their work. Furthermore‚ Functionalism is another word for
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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS "Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you your self test and judge to be true." -Buddha The four noble truths exemplify the essence of the teachings of Buddha. They represent the beginning of a long
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Four Perfect Pebbles‚ a Holocaust Story The book begins with Marion Blumenthal‚ a young girl sleeping on her mother’s arm in a concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen‚ a town northwest of Berlin. Their fellow inmates are dying by the dozen. Marion vividly describes the horrors she experienced in the camp. Daily she found herself stepping over dead bodies that were just left strewn about. One of the worst torments was the daily roll call. They would stand in the below zero temperatures for hours on
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Chapter 2 Network Models Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Chapter 2: Outline 2.1 Protocol Layering 2.2 TCP/IP Protocol Suite 2.3 OSI Model 1.# 1 Chapter 2: Objective The first section introduces the concept of protocol layering using two scenarios. The section also discusses the two principles upon which the protocol layering is based. The first principle dictates that each layer needs to have two opposite tasks
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