Cross-efficiency is a frequently used method for ranking decision-making units in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). A fundamental weakness of this method which has been quite problematic is the presence of multiple optimal ...

One of the interesting subjects that amuse the mind of researchers is surmising the correct classification of a new sample by using available data. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Discriminant Analysis (DA) can classify ...

Evaluating the efficiency of low-fee loans in small businesses and comparing them with each other can be a support for strategic planning. Banks and escape from economic inflation. One of the methods of measuring efficiency ...

As an important concept in data envelopment analysis (DEA), closest target has wide theoretical and practical applications. By considering the data of closest target and utilizing it appropriately, the decision making unit ...

Due to the nonlinear and discrete nature of BCC (Banker, Charnes, and Cooper, [11]) models for determining the most efficient decision-making unit, it is practically impossible to evaluate the models' dual and, consequently, ...

In the previous research, two models were suggested to evaluate the efficiency of decision-making units comprising two and three-stage network structures with ‎desirable and undesirable intermediate measures and outputs‎ ...

One of the most prevalent issues for managers is pricing. Pricing is one of the variables in the marketing mix and this parameter is directly associated with business income and is a fixable variable in the marketing mix. ...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) mainly utilizes envelopment technology to replace production functions in microeconomics. Based on this replacement, DEA is a widely used mathematical programming approach for evaluating the ...

The task of forecasting corporate bankruptcy has garnered considerable attention from financial researchers. Given the consequences of a company's financial issues on its stakeholders, devising techniques and models to ...

The high consumption of energy and the production of greenhouse gases have forced the government to impose restrictions on energy consumption and reduce environmental pollutants in industries. In this research, a model ...

Based on evidence of links between health expenditure and healthcare efficiency, this study aims to measure the performance of the health system in terms of macro-efficiency of healthcare expenditures in Iran over the ...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an extremely flexible and useful methodology, which provides a relative efficiency score for each decision-making unit.Classic DEA models only evaluate the performance efficiency of units ...

When we use the CCR model in the input-oriented with fuzzy data for ranking with the help of cross-efficiency, there is a possibility that the model will find a different optimal answer. This means that the ranking is not ...

Meta Cost Malmquist Index explains change of cost productivity of Decision Making Unit (DMUs) in several time periods. The Trade Offs approach is an advanced tool for the improvement of the discrimination of Data Envelopment ...

In today's world, due to the tight competition of companies, sensitivity analysis is of special importance for managers in maintaining their position. This issue can determine new strategies and distance from competitors. ...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA), firstly, checks whether decision making units (DMUs) are efficient or inefficient and then it introduces a benchmark for inefficient DMUs. This benchmark is of significant importance for ...

The cross-efficiency method in data envelopment analysis (DEA) has widely been used as a suitable utility for ranking decision-making units (DMUs). In cross-efficiency, the average of n efficiency values for each DMU is ...

Part of data envelopment analysis, is the analysis of the sensitivity of a set of efficient units to changes in input and output values. In general, the first issue that sensitivity analysis addresses is the sensitivity ...

This research tries to investigate the economic performance of the public movie Theaters halls through quantitative data through estimation of efficiency. The results of calculating the technical efficiency of the halls ...

Ranking of fire stations is one of the most important issues in urban planning and crisis management. Because ranking increases the speed of service in crises. In the real world, the value of some attributes is non-controllable, ...