[HTML][HTML] Fifty years of data envelopment analysis

A Mergoni, A Emrouznejad, K De Witte - European journal of operational …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has emerged as a powerful analytical tool,
revolutionising the field of Operational Research (OR) and contributing to advancements in …

[HTML][HTML] Gradient tree boosting and the estimation of production frontiers

MD Guillen, J Aparicio, M Esteve - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
In production theory and engineering, a topic of interest is the determination of technical
efficiency of firms from the estimation of a technology. By definition, a technology must satisfy …

Performance evaluation of compulsory education system in Taiwan: A modified dynamic network data envelopment analysis approach

YC Lin, MM Yu - Studies In Educational Evaluation, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in the efficiency of Taiwan's compulsory
education system between 2011 and 2020, identify the priority school sub-system for …

Measuring efficiency in education: The influence of imprecision and variability in data on DEA estimates

J Aparicio, JM Cordero, L Ortiz - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies devoted to efficiency performance evaluation in the education sector are
based on measures of central tendency at school level as, for example, the average values …

Modelling efficiency in primary healthcare using the DEA methodology: an empirical analysis in a healthcare district

S González-de-Julián, D Vivas-Consuelo… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Primary healthcare management efficiency conditions the functioning of
specialized care and has a direct impact on the outcomes of the health system and its …

The relationship between homicides from armed conflict and efficiency of educational quality in Colombia

A Arbona, V Giménez, S López-Estrada… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the relationship between homicides due to the armed conflict and
educational efficiency in 912 municipalities in Colombia between 2014 and 2018, through …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-output support vector frontiers

D Valero-Carreras, J Aparicio, NM Guerrero - Computers & Operations …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we show that both Free Disposal Hull (FDH) and Data Envelopment Analysis
(DEA), which are well-known modern techniques for efficiency measurement, can be seen …

Evaluating the higher education productivity of Chinese and European “elite” universities using a meta-frontier approach

T Agasisti, G Yang, Y Song, CTTD Tran - Scientometrics, 2021 - Springer
This research focuses on a sample of European and Chinese elite universities for the period
2011–2015. We adopt a meta-frontier methodology to decompose their overall productivity …

Data-driven robust DEA models for measuring operational efficiency of endowment insurance system of different provinces in China

S Qu, C Feng, S Jiang, J Wei, Y Xu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
China is facing an increasingly serious aging problem, which puts forward higher
requirements for the smoothness of the endowment insurance system. Accurate evaluation …

Dynamic efficiency of primary education in Brazil: Socioeconomic and infrastructure influence on school performance

MVAB Queiroz, RMB Sampaio… - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brazilian educational indicators have shown virtually no improvement since 2000, according
to national and international evaluations. However, there are large disparities among …