Choices and Uses of DEA Weights

William W. Cooper (), José L. Ruiz () and Inmaculada Sirvent
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William W. Cooper: University of Texas at Austin
José L. Ruiz: Universidad Miguel Hernández

Chapter Chapter 4 in Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis, 2011, pp 93-126 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We review the literature of extensions and enhancements of the DEA basic methodology from the perspective of the problems that can be addressed by dealing with the dual multiplier formulation of the DEA models. We describe different approaches that allow incorporating into the analysis price information, reflecting meaningful trade-offs, incorporating value information and managerial goals, making a choice among alternate optima for the weights, avoiding non-zero weights, avoiding large differences in the values of multipliers, improving discrimination and ranking units. We confine attention to the methodological aspects of these approaches and show in many instances how others have used these approaches in applications in practise.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; Weights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6151-8_4

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