Quigley, J.L. and Storbeck, J.E. and Van Der Meer, R.B. (2005) Using regression analysis to model the performance of UK coastguard centres. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56 (6). pp. 630-641. ISSN 0160-5682
Full text not available in this repository. (Request a copy from the Strathclyde author)Abstract
This paper combines the use of (binary) logistic regression and stochastic frontier analysis to assess the operational effectiveness of the UK Coastguard (Maritime Rescue) coordination centres over the period 1995-1998. In particular, the rationale for the Government's decision - confirmed in 1999 - to close a number of coordination centres is scrutinized. We conclude that the regression models developed in this paper represent a performance measurement framework that is considerably more realistic and complex than the one apparently used by the UK Government. Furthermore, we have found that the coordination centres selected for closure were not necessarily the ones that were least effective in their primary purpose - that is, to save lives. In a related paper, we demonstrate how the regression models developed here can be used to inform the application of data envelopment analysis to this case.
| Item type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ID code: | 4338 |
| Keywords: | accidents, shipping, government, performance measurement, regression, management theory, Management. Industrial Management, Risk Management, Statistics |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Risk Management Social Sciences > Statistics |
| Department: | Strathclyde Business School > Management Science Unknown Department |
| Related URLs: | |
| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2007 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:40 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4338 |
Actions (login required)
| View Item |