The vast majority of DEA approaches assume that the decision making units under
assessment possess total autonomy in terms of resource allocation and production planning …

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 …

An attractive feature of standard data envelopment analysis (DEA) is that decision-making
units (DMUs) are put in their best possible light. This is accomplished by not imposing any …

The paper focuses on hierarchically structured organisations with a large set of operating
units. While the central body in such organisations faces asymmetry of information …

This paper explores the foundations for developing incentives for influencing units operating
within centrally managed organizations. We begin by laying out the theory of managerial …

This study measures the efficiency of airlines using a novel fuzzy common weight additive
network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) with shared resources, negative data, and …

Purpose—This study examines the relationships among factors that can potentially influence
the effectiveness of operations management in real-time productivity accounting data that …

In many empirical applications of data envelopment analysis models, a central body
manages a set of similar decision making units (DMUs), which are organised into a few …

Abstract In Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) is an
important instrument used to assess dynamic performance. In this paper, to deal with …

The Malmquist productivity index (MPI) is a well-known and widely used tool for evaluating
performance over time in a variety of fields, including the transportation industry. There are …