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A Procedure for Ranking Efficient Units in Data Envelopment Analysis

Management Science · 1993 · Vol. 39(10) · pp. 1261–1264

Per Kragh Andersen✉(Odense Municipality)Niels Christian Petersen(Odense Municipality)

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Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) evaluates the relative efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) but does not allow for a ranking of the efficient units themselves. A modified version of DEA based upon comparison of efficient DMUs relative to a reference technology spanned by all other units is developed. The procedure provides a framework for ranking efficient units and facilitates comparison with rankings based on parametric methods.

Efficiency Analysis Using DEA Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingData envelopment analysisRanking (information retrieval)EfficiencyComputer scienceParametric statisticsOperations researchData miningEconometricsStatisticsMathematics

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