In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

The industrial sector is the backbone of China's national economy. The industrial carbon
emission efficiency (ICEE) of China is directly related to the achievement of carbon emission …

Decreasing carbon emissions is of great significance to the development of the strategy for a
low-carbon economy and for the choice of a carbon dioxide (CO 2) emission mitigation path …

Growth target management drives China's economic expansion, leading to potential carbon
emission externalities. This study examines the impact of economic growth target setting on …

The determination of closest efficient targets has attracted increasing interest of researchers
in recent Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) literature. Several methods have been …

In this paper the smallest improvement DEA approach to general networks of processes is
proposed. The corresponding projection direction is endogenously computed by the model …

Data envelopment analysis technique, not only evaluates Decision making units (DMUs),
but also introduces a benchmark for inefficient DMUs. By having the data related to the …

The conventional slacks-based measure (SBM) model is widely applied to measure the
relative efficiency of a set of decision making units (DMUs) because the measured efficiency …

In managerial decisions, situations frequently arise when decision makers need to define
their capabilities, desires, and limitations when trying to improve efficiency. In this paper …

Strengthening the protection and utilization of water resources is very important for the
development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB). The YREB spans the three …