The traditional data envelopment analysis(DEA)model can evaluate the relative efficiencies of a set of decision making units(DMUs)with exact values of inputs and outputs,but it cannot handle imprecise data.Imprecise data,for example,can be expressed in the form of the interval data or mixtures of interval data and ordinal data.In this study,a cross-efficiency method is introduced into the DEA model to calculate the interval of cross-efficiency values,based on which a new TOPSIS method is proposed to rank the DMUs.Two examples are presented to illustrate and validate the proposed method.
Data envelopment analysis(DEA) is a mathematical programming approach to appraise the relative efficiencies of peer decision-making unit(DMU),which is widely used in ranking DMUs.However,almost all DEA-related ranking approaches are based on the self-evaluation efficiencies.In other words,each DMU chooses the weights it prefers to most,so the resulted efficiencies are not suitable to be used as ranking criteria.Therefore this paper proposes a new approach to determine a bundle of common weights in DEA efficiency evaluation model by introducing a multi-objective integer programming.The paper also gives the solving process of this multi-objective integer programming,and the solution is proven a Pareto efficient solution.The solving process ensures that the obtained common weight bundle is acceptable by a great number of DMUs.Finally a numeral example is given to demonstrate the approach.
