An equitable method for allocating fixed costs by using data envelopment analysis

A Mostafaee
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A Mostafaee: Islamic Azad University of North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2013, vol. 64, issue 3, 326-335

Abstract: This paper concerns the shared cost allocation problem by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is observed in practical applications such as public services and production processes. In the management context, the cost allocation problem tries to balance the different desires of two management layers: central manager and each sector manager. The cost can be assigned in an equitable way to the various Decision Making Units (DMUs). To achieve this goal, we present a new DEA-based method for dividing a fixed cost among DMUs. In the proposed method, the fixed cost is assigned to DMUs such that the efficiency measures and the Returns to Scale classifications of all DMUs before and after assigning the fixed cost remain unchanged. Also, the gaps among the costs allocated to DMUs will be minimized. The proposed method has the flexibility to consider the management standpoints. Finally, numerical results of an elucidatory example are furnished to demonstrate the applicability and reliability of our scheme.

Date: 2013
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