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The explicit role of weight bounds in models of data envelopment analysis
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UNSPECIFIED (2005) The explicit role of weight bounds in models of data envelopment analysis. JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, 56 (12). pp. 1408-1418. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601969 ISSN 0160-5682.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601969
Abstract
In this paper, We Suggest that weight bounds used in models of data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be assessed using production trade-offs between inputs and Outputs. This development is based on a transformation of the envelopment DEA model to a special form, which exhibits an explicit link between weight bounds and production trade-offs. This allows us to specify the guidelines to the construction of weight bounds, which ensure that the envelopment form has a clear economic meaning. In this development, the radial efficiency measure retains its standard meaning as a technologically realistic improvement factor. This contrasts with the methods based on value judgements for which this traditional meaning of efficiency becomes void. We show that the exact economic meaning of the same weight bounds depends on the unit under the assessment and the orientation (input-minirnization or output-maximization) of the model. The suggested approach is valid under the assumptions of constant and variable returns to scale.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY | ||||
Publisher: | PALGRAVE PUBLISHERS LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0160-5682 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | 56 | ||||
Number: | 12 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1408-1418 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601969 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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