The Technical Efficiency and the Status of Its Applications in Library's Performance Evaluation
Fan Hong-xi · Sci-Tech Information Development & Economy · 2012
This paper introduces the basic concept and measuring principle of technical efficiency and its application results in the libraries of China and foreign countries,and sums up some features of obtained research achievements including the application of deterministic frontier is wider than that of stochastic frontier,the calculation of input-oriented technical efficiency is more than that of output-oriented technical efficiency,the research level abroad goes beyond the domestic level,and analyzes the possible reasons of producing these characteristics.