Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Urban Bus Services in Spain Based on SBM Models

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Advantages</td><td align="left">Disadvantages</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Simultaneous analysis of outputs and inputs</td><td align="left">Ignores the effect of exogenous variables on the operation</td></tr><tr><td align="left">It is not necessary, a priori, to define the frontier form</td><td align="left">Ignores statistical errors</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Relative efficiency, compared to the best observation</td><td align="left">Does not say how to improve efficiency</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Need no information on prices</td><td align="left">Difficult to perform statistical tests with the results</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Source: [<a href="/journals/isrn/2012/984758/#B14">11</a>–<a href="/journals/isrn/2012/984758/#B17">13</a>].<br/></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Urban Bus Services in Spain Based on SBM Models 