In the performance evaluation process, using the classic data envelopment analysis (DEA) models, decision making units (DMUs) are considered as black boxes. While in many cases and different applications such as investment funds, banks, insurance companies, etc., DMUs have a network structure. In addition, in many network structures, some of the indicators used to calculate the efficiency...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) provides means for piecewise linear approximation of production functions. To improve the fit to the data we propose to improve the flexibility of the frontier by extending DEA towards a more general piecewise quadratic approximation, called Quadratic Data Envelopment Analysis (QDEA). In contrast to the linear approximation, the quadratic approximation allows for...

The field of productive efficiency analysis is currently divided between two main paradigms: the deterministic, nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). This paper examines an encompassing semiparametric frontier model that combines the DEA-type nonparametric frontier, which satisfies monotonicity and concavity, with the SFA-style stoc...

every country actively and initiatively takes all kinds of policy steps to improve the international competitiveness of its industries and therefore improve national integrated competitiveness for the purpose of gaining economic benefits under the context of economic globalization. therefore, studies of moreover, projects launched by the cluster had to be endorsed by the growers and one criteri...

a new algorithm for classification of dmus to efficient and inefficient units in data envelopment analysis is presented. this algorithm uses the non-archimedean charnes-cooper-rhodes[1] (ccr) model. also, it applies an assurance value for the non-archimedean                          using only simple computations on inputs and outputs of dmus (see [18]). the convergence and efficiency of the ne...

credit scoring is a kind of binary classification problem that contains important information for manager to make a decision in particularly in banking authorities. obtained scores provide a practical credit decision for a loan officer to classify clients to reject or accept for payment loan. for this sake, in this paper a data envelopment analysis- discriminant analysis (dea-da) approach is us...

background: nowadays, restriction on access and optimum use of resources is the main challenge of development in all organizations. therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the technical efficiency and its factors, influencing hospitals of tehran. methods: this research was a descriptive-analytical and retrospective study conducted in 2014-2015. fifty two hospitals with public, private...

banks are one of the most important financial sectors in order to the economic development of each country. certainly, efficiency scores and ranks of banks are significant and effective aspects towards future planning. sometimes the performance of banks must be measured in the presence of undesirable and vague factors. for these reasons in the current paper a procedure based on data envelopment...