In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

There has been a general outcry globally to ensure sustainable environmental practices by
minimizing CO 2 while increasing economic growth. In general, most African countries have …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an outline of the major contributions in the
literature on the determination of the least distance in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The …

This paper develops a common framework for benchmarking and ranking units with DEA. In
many DEA applications, decision making units (DMUs) experience similar circumstances, so …

Abstract Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is extended to the evaluation of performance of
organizations within the framework of the implementation of plans for improvements that set …

Determining the least distance to the efficient frontier for estimating technical inefficiency,
with the consequent determination of closest targets, has been one of the relevant issues in …

In this paper we use data from OECD countries participating in PISA 2012 to assess the
efficiency of schools in a cross-country framework. In the analysis, and in contrast to …

Description: First edition.| Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.| Series: Wiley series
in operations research and management science| Includes bibliographical references and …

The models that set the closest targets have made an important contribution to DEA as tool
for the best-practice benchmarking of decision making units (DMUs). These models may …

In this paper the smallest improvement DEA approach to general networks of processes is
proposed. The corresponding projection direction is endogenously computed by the model …