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A taxonomy and review of the fuzzy data envelopment analysis literature: Two decades in the making

European Journal of Operational Research, 2011

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a methodology for measuring the relative efficiencies of a set of decision making units (DMUs) that use multiple inputs to produce multiple outputs. Crisp input and output data are fundamentally indispensable in conventional DEA. However, the observed values of the input and output data in real-world problems are sometimes imprecise or vague. Many researchers have proposed various fuzzy methods for dealing with the imprecise and ambiguous data in DEA. In this study, we provide a taxonomy and review of the fuzzy DEA methods. We present a classification scheme with four primary categories, namely, the tolerance approach, the a-level based approach, the fuzzy ranking approach and the possibility approach. We discuss each classification scheme and group the fuzzy DEA papers published in the literature over the past 20 years. To the best of our knowledge, this paper appears to be the only review and complete source of references on fuzzy DEA.

Data Envelopment Analysis with Fuzzy Parameters

Optimizing, Innovating, and Capitalizing on Information Systems for Operations

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a methodology for measuring the relative efficiencies of a set of decision making units (DMUs) that use multiple inputs to produce multiple outputs. In the conventional DEA, all the data assume the form of specific numerical values. However, the observed values of the input and output data in real-life problems are sometimes imprecise or vague. Previous methods have not considered the preferences of the decision makers (DMs) in the evaluation process. This paper proposes an interactive evaluation process for measuring the relative efficiencies of a set of DMUs in fuzzy DEA with consideration of the DMs’ preferences. The authors construct a linear programming (LP) model with fuzzy parameters and calculate the fuzzy efficiency of the DMUs for different a levels. Then, the DM identifies his or her most preferred fuzzy goal for each DMU under consideration. A modified Yager index is used to develop a ranking order of the DMUs. This study allows the DMs...

Fuzzy data envelopment analysis (DEA): a possibility approach

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2003

Evaluating the performance of activities or organizations by traditional data envelopment analysis (DEA) models requires crisp input/output data. However, in real-world problems inputs and outputs are often imprecise. This paper develops DEA models using imprecise data represented by fuzzy sets (i.e., "fuzzy DEA" models). It is shown that fuzzy DEA models take the form of fuzzy linear programming which typically are solved with the aid of some methods to rank fuzzy sets. As an alternative, a possibility approach is introduced in which constraints are treated as fuzzy events. The approach transforms fuzzy DEA models into possibility DEA models by using possibility measures of fuzzy events (fuzzy constraints). We show that for the special case, in which fuzzy membership functions of fuzzy data are of trapezoidal types, possibility DEA models become linear programming models. A numerical experiment is used to illustrate the approach and compare the results with those obtained with alternative approaches.

Efficiency measurement in fuzzy additive data envelopment analysis

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2012

Performance evaluation in conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) requires crisp numerical values. However, the observed values of the input and output data in real-world problems are often imprecise or vague. These imprecise and vague data can be represented by linguistic terms characterised by fuzzy numbers in DEA to reflect the decision-makers' intuition and subjective judgements. This paper extends the conventional DEA models to a fuzzy framework by proposing a new fuzzy additive DEA model for evaluating the efficiency of a set of decision-making units (DMUs) with fuzzy inputs and outputs. The contribution of this paper is threefold: (1) we consider ambiguous, uncertain and imprecise input and output data in DEA, (2) we propose a new fuzzy additive DEA model derived from the-level

An Economic Mathematical Fuzzy Model for Data Envelopment Analysis

Journal of Namibian Studies : History Politics Culture

Performance assessment is a central to the management process in any type of organization. In addition, making rational economical decisions to improve organizational performance is a daunting task, as any organization is typically a multi-faceted entity which rely on complex systems that use uncertain information. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a powerful quantitative tool that makes use of multiple inputs and outputs to obtain useful information about the performance and efficiency of an organization. In many real-life applications, observations are usually fuzzy in nature. Therefore, DEA efficiency measurement may be sensitive to such variations. The purpose of this study is to develop a unified economical fuzzy DEA model that handles variables of different natures (vague and deterministic) independently and can be adapted to both input- and output-oriented problems, whether it is constant/variable return to scale. To handle fuzzy variables specially the economic variables in...

Fuzzy data envelopment analysis in the presence of undesirable outputs with ideal points

Complex & Intelligent Systems

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a prominent technique for evaluating relative efficiency of a set of entities called decision making units (DMUs) with homogeneous structures. In order to implement a comprehensive assessment, undesirable factors should be included in the efficiency analysis. The present study endeavors to propose a novel approach for solving DEA model in the presence of undesirable outputs in which all input/output data are represented by triangular fuzzy numbers. To this end, two virtual fuzzy DMUs called fuzzy ideal DMU (FIDMU) and fuzzy anti-ideal DMU (FADMU) are introduced into proposed fuzzy DEA framework. Then, a lexicographic approach is used to find the best and the worst fuzzy efficiencies of FIDMU and FADMU, respectively. Moreover, the resulting fuzzy efficiencies are used to measure the best and worst fuzzy relative efficiencies of DMUs to construct a fuzzy relative closeness index. To address the overall assessment, a new approach is proposed for ranki...

Presentation a Model for Integration of Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis and Goal Programming

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been a very popular non-parametric technique for measuring and benchmarking relative efficiency of Decision Making Units (DMUs) with multiple input and outputs. In fact, in a real evaluation problem input and output data of things evaluated often fluctuate. These fluctuating data can be represented as linguistic variables characterized by fuzzy numbers for reflecting a kind of general feeling or experience of experts. Based on the fundamental CCR model, a fuzzy DEA model is proposed to deal with the efficiency evaluation problem with the given fuzzy input and output data. Furthermore, an extension of the fuzzy DEA model to a more general form is also proposed with considering the relationship between DEA and GR (Goal Programing).

Evaluating the Efficiency and Classifying the Fuzzy Data: A Dea Based Approach

International Journal of Industrial Mathematics, 2014

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been proven as an efficient technique to evaluate the performance of homogeneous decision making units (DMUs) where multiple inputs and outputs exist. In the conventional applications of DEA, the data are considered as specific numerical values with explicit designation of being an input or output. However, the observed values of the data are sometimes imprecise (i.e. input and output variables cannot be measured precisely) and data are sometimes flexible (measures with unknown status of being input or output are referred to as flexible measures in the literature). In the current paper a number of methods are proposed to evaluate the relative efficiency and to identify the status of fuzzy flexible measures. Indeed, the modified fuzzy DEA models are suggested to accommodate flexible measures. In order to obtain correct results, alternative optimal solutions are considered to deal with the fuzzy flexible measures. Numerical examples are used to illu...