Metrics for Assessing Overall Performance of Inland Waterway Ports: A Bayesian Network Based Approach

Table 1

Current themes of the port literature.

Authors	Measures for port	Approach
Wiegmans et al. (2015)	Inland port performance	Statistical (regression) analysis
Shetty and Dwarakish [7]	Inland port performance and productivity	Statistical analysis
Kutin et al. [11]	Relative efficiencies	Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Alamoush [12]	Port operational performance	Conceptual framework with analytical model
Oliveira and Cariou [13]	Port efficiency	Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Bichou and Gray [14]	Port performance	Conceptual logistic and supply chain approach
Coto-Millan et al. [15]	Port economic efficiency	Stochastic Cost Frontier (SCF)
Notteboom et al. [16]	Relative efficiency of container terminal	Stochastic Cost Frontier (SCF)
Baros [17]	Technical efficiency	Stochastic Cost Frontier (SCF)
Díaz-Hernández et al. [18]	Technical and allocative efficiency	Stochastic Cost Frontier (SCF)
Panayides et al. [19]	Economic efficiency	Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Wanke [20]	Physical infrastructure efficiency, shipment consolidation efficiency	Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Chang and Tovar [21, 22]	Technical efficiency	Stochastic Distance Function (SDF)
Tovar and Wall [23]	Port productive efficiency	Directional technology distance function approach
Bichou and Gray [24]	Terminology for classifying seaport	Conceptual framework
Hosseini and Barker [25, 26]	Resilience	Bayesian approach
Sierra et al. [27]	Harbour operability	Numerical Model
Ugboma et al. [28]	Port selection	Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Chang et al. [29]	Port selection factor	Exploratory factor and confirmatory factor analyses
Gohomene (2008)	Port selection	Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Nur et al. [31]	Port selection	Stochastic Analytical Hierarchy Process (SAHP)
Song and Yeo [32]	Competitiveness of container ports	Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Yeo et al. [33]	Competitiveness of container ports	Fuzzy methodology