Title :
An introduction to Technology Forecasting with a TFDEA Excel add-in
Author :
Lim, Dong-Joon ; Anderson, Timothy R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
fDate :
July 29 2012-Aug. 2 2012
Abstract :
This paper describes an Excel add-in program that can run TFDEA (Technology Forecasting using Data Envelopment Anlaysis) within the spreadsheet. It utilizes freely available statistical software R and its packages developed by Statconn. This add-in allows access to both user-friendly tools for data manipulation in spreadsheet available and the power and precision of the results via R.
Keywords :
data envelopment analysis; integrated software; statistical analysis; Statconn; TFDEA Excel add-in program; data manipulation; spreadsheet; statistical software package; technology forecasting using data envelopment analysis; user friendly tools; Benchmark testing; Computational modeling; Data envelopment analysis; Optimization; Software; Technology forecasting; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for Emerging Technologies (PICMET), 2012 Proceedings of PICMET '12:
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2853-1
