Examining the efficiency of regional university technology transfer in China: A mixed-integer generalized data envelopment analysis framework

KF See, Z Ma, Y Tian - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2023 - Elsevier
In university technology transfer performance assessment, some variables, such as labor
and contracts, must be treated as integer-valued variables. Usually, the reference points …

Assessing the sustainability of transport supply chains by double frontier network data envelopment analysis

RF Saen, B Karimi, A Fathi - Journal of cleaner production, 2022 - Elsevier
The transport industry is one of the main contributors to environmental pollution. Sustainable
supply chain management (SSCM) is an essential subject in the transportation industry …

Inputs and outputs classification in integer-valued data envelopment analysis

S Kordrostami, A Amirteimoori, MJS Noveiri - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
In conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) models, data are usually considered as
continuous measures while the role of measures from input and/or output aspects is known …

Integer interval DEA: An axiomatic derivation of the technology and an additive, slacks-based model

M Arana-Jiménez, MC Sánchez-Gil, A Younesi… - Fuzzy sets and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper studies the efficiency assessment of Decision-Making Units (DMUs)
when their inputs and outputs are described under uncertainty of the type of integer interval …

Assessing sustainability indicators using inverse integer-valued data envelopment analysis with undesirable outputs

M Jahani Sayyad Noveiri, S Kordrostami… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Conventional Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis (Inverse DEA) models examine
the changes of real-valued inputs (respectively, outputs) of DMUs for the perturbation of real …

Classifying flexible and integer data in two-stage network data envelopment analysis

SN Hosseini Monfared… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - journal-aprie.com
In conventional DEA models, it is supposed real-valued inputs and outputs while every
measure must be determined as an input or output. However, in some cases, there are …

A unified extension of super-efficiency in additive data envelopment analysis with integer-valued inputs and outputs: An application to a municipal bus system

SH Yu, CW Hsu - Annals of Operations Research, 2020 - Springer
Conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) may generate the non-integer targets for
integer-valued inputs and outputs of decision-making units (DMUs). To derive the …

Fuzzy DEA Efficiency Analysis with the Acceptance Degree of the Violated Fuzzy Constraints

M Jahani Sayyad Noveiri… - Scientia Iranica, 2024 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
In many real world applications, the performance of entities with undesirable outputs should
be assessed while imprecise and vague information is presented. In this study, a fully fuzzy …

Optimal scale sizes in economic efficiency models with integer measures: a case study of foundry industry

S Karimi Omshi, S Kordrostami, A Amirteimoori… - Decisions in Economics …, 2023 - Springer
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a measurement method for estimating the relative
efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) that can calculate economic (ie, cost and …

Average-profit efficiency and optimal scale sizes with integer data and undesirable outputs

S Karimi Omshi, S Kordrostami… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a significant method for measuring the relative
efficiency of decision making units (DMUs) that use the least inputs, produce the most …