Operational performance evaluation and process improvement in hotels have been the focus of several studies, a number of which have used Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the operational performance of hotels in different destinations. This study sets out to evaluate the operational efficiency of twenty-three tourist hotels in Taipei over five years (2003 to 2007) using DEA models and...

BACKGROUND The current study aims to measure the efficiency of primary health care units completed in health sector of rural Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and to compare it across developed and deprived regions. METHODS Operational efficiency and beneficiary efficiency of a total of 32 Basic Health Units (BHUs) were measured through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) by using different input and ...

The paper is devoted to the study of Brenstien Polynomials and development of some new operational matrices of fractional order integrations and derivatives. The operational matrices are used to convert fractional order differential equations to systems of algebraic equations. A simple scheme yielding accurate approximate solutions of the couple systems for fractional differential equations is ...

BACKGROUND Many large-scaled public hospitals have established branched hospitals in China. This study is to provide evidence for strategy making on the management and development of multi-branched hospitals by evaluating and comparing the operational efficiencies of different hospitals before and after their establishment of branched hospitals. METHODS DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) window ...

Unconventional aircraft are being studied by the aeronautical engineering community with accelerated interest and effort to improve economic efficiency and to overcome operational and infrastructure-related problems associated to the increasing size of transport airplanes. The objective of the research reported here is to assess the technical feasibility and operational efficiency of a medium s...

In this paper‎, ‎first‎, ‎a numerical method is presented for solving a class of linear Fredholm integro-differential equation‎. ‎The operational matrix of derivative is obtained by introducing hybrid third kind Chebyshev polynomials and Block-pulse functions‎. ‎The application of the proposed operational matrix with tau method is then utilized to transform the integro-differential equations to...

Researchers have proposed different approaches to reduce the use of natural resources a sustainable level. Operational eco-efficiency, circular economy, and sufficiency are three prominent examples that follow their own specific logics. So far, these been almost exclusively discussed in isolation, with assumption they independent each other. This paper brings all together one coherent model. Ou...