Efficiency bounds and efficiency classifications in DEA with imprecise data

K S Park ()
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K S Park: Korea University, Business School

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2007, vol. 58, issue 4, 533-540

Abstract: Abstract This paper is concerned with the use of imprecise data in data envelopment analysis (DEA). Imprecise data means that some data are known only to the extent that the true values lie within prescribed bounds while other data are known only in terms of ordinal relations. Imprecise data envelopment analysis (IDEA) has been developed to measure the relative efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) whose input and/or output data are imprecise. In this paper, we show two distinct strategies to arrive at an upper and lower bound of efficiency that the evaluated DMU can have within the given imprecise data. The optimistic strategy pursues the best score among various possible scores of efficiency and the conservative strategy seeks the worst score. In doing so, we do not limit our attention to the treatment of special forms of imprecise data only, as done in some of the studies associated with IDEA. We target how to deal with imprecise data in a more general form and, under this circumstance, we make it possible to grasp an upper and lower bound of efficiency. The generalized method we develop in this paper also gives rise to a new scheme of efficiency classifications that is more detailed and informative than the standard efficient and inefficient partition.

Keywords: DEA; imprecise data; efficiency bounds; efficiency classifications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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