Research Article

Operational Efficiency Evaluation of Iron Ore Logistics at the Ports of Bohai Bay in China: Based on the PCA-DEA Model

Table 3

Matrix of the correlation coefficients of the input indicators (correlation matrix).


1.0000.227−0.644−0.4640.127−0.336−0.0950.4800.433−0.598−0.061
0.2271.000−0.5420.0520.587−0.2340.2690.3270.540−0.273−0.120
−0.644−0.5421.0000.307−0.4870.435−0.027−0.427−0.4030.7420.248
−0.4640.0520.3071.0000.5910.7070.9140.168−0.1220.7160.051
0.1270.587−0.4870.5911.0000.0150.7580.2330.0210.039−0.139
−0.336−0.2340.4350.7070.0151.0000.6510.5020.2720.6270.094
−0.0950.269−0.0270.9140.7580.6511.0000.4740.1590.4890.008
0.4800.327−0.4270.1680.2330.5020.4741.0000.873−0.0540.143
0.4330.540−0.403−0.1220.0210.2720.1590.8731.000−0.2080.123
−0.598−0.2730.7420.7160.0390.6270.489−0.054−0.2081.0000.587
−0.061−0.1200.2480.051−0.1390.0940.0080.1430.1230.5871.000