Selective measures in data envelopment analysis

Mehdi Toloo (), Mona Barat and Atefeh Masoumzadeh

Annals of Operations Research, 2015, vol. 226, issue 1, 623-642

Abstract: Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a data based mathematical approach, which handles large numbers of variables, constraints, and data. Hence, data play an important and critical role in DEA. Given a set of decision making units (DMUs) and identified inputs and outputs (performance measures), DEA evaluates each DMU in comparison with all DMUs. According to some statistical and empirical rules, a balance between the number of DMUs and the number of performance measures should exist. However, in some situations the number of performance measures is relatively large in comparison with the number of DMUs. These cases lead us to choose some inputs and outputs in a way that produces acceptable results. We refer to these selected inputs and outputs as selective measures. This paper presents an approach toward a large number of inputs and outputs. Individual DMU and aggregate models are recommended and expanded separately for developing the idea of selective measures. The practical aspect of the new approach is illustrated by two real data set applications. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Decision making unit; Data envelopment analysis; Selective measures; Efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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