Abstract The shortest path problem (SPP) is a special network structured linear programming that appears in wide range of applications. Classical SPPs consider only one objective the networks while some or all multiple, conflicting and incommensurate objectives such as optimization cost, profit, time, distance, risk, quality service may arise together real-world These types are known multi-obje...

As the environmental problem becomes more andmore serious in the development of society, it has drawn alot of attentions from every government. Industry promptsthe development of economy at the same time produces a lotof pollutions, such as smoke pollution and waste. Evaluatingthe efficiency of the departments of industry benefits districtgovernment to decide which depar...

in the process of production, some of the inputs are fixed and cannot easily be changed, such as work hours of workers and hours of administrative or work, these types of inputs are fixed and others are variables. in this paper, by considering some inputs or outputs which are limited, their amounts must be integrated; this concept for integer data is extended. we show the importance of subject ...

OBJECTIVE To develop an assessment tool to evaluate the efficiency of federal university general hospitals. METHODS Data envelopment analysis, a linear programming technique, creates a best practice frontier by comparing observed production given the amount of resources used. The model is output-oriented and considers variable returns to scale. Network data envelopment analysis considers link...

examining the impacts of data modification is considered as sensitivity analysis. a lot of studies have considered the data modification of inputs and outputs in dea. the issues which has not heretofore been considered in dea sensitivity analysis is modification in the number of inputs and (or) outputs and determining the impacts of this modification in the status of efficiency of dmus. this pa...

introduction: iran's social security organization provides hospital services through direct treatment system (hospitals owned by the organization) and indirect treatment system (purchasing of hospital services and other health care services from other providers). the current research aims to assess technical performance and determine the relationship between activity size and efficiency level o...

as regards of supper efficiency models which increased thediscrimination power of the standard dea models, still infeasibility mayoccure. in literature there exists some models overcome this difficulty.in this paper a new procedure has been mooted in order to remove thisshortcoming in a way that both input savings and output surplus arebeing considered. this procedure deals with nonradial chang...

performance evaluation has been developed in the form of management schools along by managerial thought development. banks and financial institutes are one of the most important economic sections to each country which by receipts and payments directing and organizing facilitate business and commercial transactions and develop markets and economic growth and as the main pillars in directing and ...