DEA, incepted in 80s, has emerged as a popular decision-making technique, for
determining the efficiency of similar units. Due to its simplicity and applicability, DEA has …

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one of the best mathematical techniques to compute
the overall performance of units with some inputs and outputs. The original DEA methods …

Nowadays, health systems comprise a series of resources structured to provide healthcare
services to meet our health needs. However, premature deaths still occur. To quantify and …

Dynamic network data envelopment analysis (DNDEA) is a non-parametric model for
evaluating the relative efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) with network structure in …

The use of dual probabilistic linguistic term sets (DPLTSs) to represent the use's preferences
in decision making can reflect the decision maker's cognitive certainty and uncertainty …

Glasshouse farming is one of the most intensive types of production of agricultural products.
Via this process, consumers have the ability to consume mainly off-season vegetables and …

Abstract The European Union Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) publishes data for
the representative farms of several European Union (EU) farm types, regions and countries …

Total factor productivity (TFP) growth measures usually focus on a certain direction of
optimization and ignore the general setting encompassing the input and output orientations …

Purpose University department efficiency evaluation is a performance assessment on how
departments use their resources to attain their goals. The most widely used tool in …

This paper attempts to estimate the technical efficiency of cereal and legume farms to draw
conclusions regarding the rational use of production factors. Data envelopment analysis was …