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Ranking of decision making units in data envelopment analysis: a distance-based approach. (English) Zbl 1082.90045

Summary: In non-parametric methods, many units are evaluated as efficient. Several methods for prioritizing efficient units are reported in the literature. Andersen et al. and thereafter Mehrabian et al. proposed two methods for ranking efficient units, but both methods break down in some cases. This paper describes a new DEA ranking approach that uses \(L_2\)-norm. In proposed DEA ranking approach, the difficulties of the existing methods have been removed.

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90B50 Management decision making, including multiple objectives
46N10 Applications of functional analysis in optimization, convex analysis, mathematical programming, economics
90B06 Transportation, logistics and supply chain management
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