Improving discernment in DEA using profiling

C. Tofallis

Omega, 1996, vol. 24, issue 3, 361-364

Abstract: The failure of data envelopment analysis to provide adequate discrimination between a small number of alternatives is illustrated using a facility location problem. A straightforward modification which finds a desirability (or relative efficiency) score for each input variable provides greater discrimination and at the same time discerns the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative.

Keywords: DEA; efficiency; multicriteria; performance; ratios (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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