模糊条件下的决策单元相对有效性评价

研究了模糊条件下决策单元的相对有效性评价问题。首先分析了模糊性因素对决策单元相对有效性的影响;然后根据模糊规划取截集方法和DEA评价的经济含义,给出了模糊DEA模型的求解方法;最后定义了决策单元的模糊DEA有效性以及进行有效性排序的平均置信有效性。文末是一个模糊DEA应用的例子。     

广义超效率区间DEA模型及其有效性研究

根据样本单元的区间投入、区间产出定义最大样本生产可能集,建立基于最大样本生产可能集的广义超效率区间DEA模型,然后定义了待评价决策单元基于广义超效率区间DEA模型的超效率区间,并讨论了待评价决策单元的有效性,最后通过实例表明了广义超效率区间DEA模型的实用性.     

具有偏好锥的链式网络DEA模型

对链式网络DEA模型进行推广,将"偏好锥"引入网络DEA模型.针对中间产出重要性以及决策者评价时的偏好,建立带有产出锥和投入锥相应的两阶段生产可能集,对具有"偏好锥"的链式网络DEA模型,证明了决策单元为网络DEA有效的充要条件,给出了网络DEA有效性与各阶段弱DEA有效性的关系.另外,文章结合具体算例说明了偏好锥的变化对效率评价的影响.关于两阶段的模型以及相关结论可以推广到多阶段网络结构.     

DEA的交形式生产可能集及其应用

DEA理论、模型及方法可用以评价给定决策单元之间的相对有效性,其在经济学中的应用体现在经验生产可能集的构造上.DEA的生产可能集有两种等价形式—和形式及交形式.相比较而言,交形式更具几何直观性及计算便利性.     

考虑投入和产出指标偏好的广义DEA模型

广义DEA是一种基于决策单元和非决策单元自由选择参考集的扩展DEA模型.传统DEA模型的最优解大多是由线性规划随机计算的,未能充分考虑投入和产出指标的重要程度.将投入和产出指标的决策者偏好引入到广义DEA模型约束条件中,首先定义投入和产出指标偏好矩阵,再将该矩阵纳入广义DEA模型的约束条件,构建了带投入和产出指标偏好的广义DEA模型(GDEA-IP).接下来给出决策单元GDEA-IP有效性与评价指标的量纲选择无关性的证明,以及决策单元为GDEA-IP弱有效和有效的理论证明.算例分析说明GDEA-IP模型的有效性,通过和其它经典模型的对比分析,进一步说明该模型比广义DEA模型具有更大的灵活性和通用性,拓展了DEA方法的理论研究.     

聚类分析在确定广义DEA方法样本单元集中的应用

利用基于BC~2模型的只有输出的DEA模型(D-BC_O~2)来评价决策单元的有效性时,得到的效率值有时会与定性分析存在一定的差异.为了解决这类问题,引入只有产出的广义DEA模型(DG-BC_O~2),并利用聚类分析方法确定样本单元集,给出(DG_(cluster)模型来评价决策单元的有效性.最后通过2009年中国各省市人均经济发展数据进行演示,说明利用聚类分析方法确定样本单元集具有一定的可行性.     

关于DEA有效性“新方法”的探讨

主要指出文献[1],[2]中所用的"新方法"不能完全区分决策单元的DEA有效性和弱DEA有效性.同时,"新方法"中所使用的DEA模型(即文献[3]中超效率DEA模型)的最优解不一定存在,这也是"新方法"使用中的一大缺陷.本文同时指出"新方法"虽然是可以扩充的,但扩充后,某些"新模型"仍然会出现上述问题.如果单纯的去评价决策单元的DEA有效性、弱DEA有效性和非弱DEA有效性时,建议还是使用传统的经典模型为好;如果需要进一步对DEA有效性再进行分析,是可以象最早提出超效率DEA模型的文献[3]中那样去应用超效率DEA模型。     

只有产出(投入)BC~2模型中决策单元效率的几何刻画

在DEA方法中,DEA有效和弱DEA有效的决策单元位于生产前沿面上,非弱DEA有效的DEA无效决策单元位于生产可能集的内部而非生产前沿面上.通过引入生产可能集与生产前沿面移动的思想,证明只有产出(投入)的BC²模型评价下的决策单元的最优值与相应的生产前沿面的移动值存在倒数关系,以双产出(投入)情形图示说明,明确了决策单元在生产可能集中所处的位置.     

生产可能集为凸包时的相对有效性评价模型

给出了一个评价决策单元相对有效性的新的DEA模型,它所对应的生产可能集被称为凸包形生产可能集,同时讨论了该模型解的存在性,定义了决策单元技术DEA有效和"上投影"的概念,断定一个决策单元的"上投影"相对于原来的决策单元是技术DEA有效的。最后给出一个应用新模型进行设施农业效率评价的例子。     

具有非期望产出的混联网络DEA模型

数据包络分析(DEA)是评价系统相对有效性的分析方法,网络DEA模型在评价企业的经济效益、管理效益等实际问题中有着广泛的应用.在网络DEA模型的基础上考虑非期望产出要素,提出了具有非期望产出的混联网络DEA模型.研究了新模型的系统弱DEA有效与各子阶段弱DEA有效之间的关系,找到了无效决策单元的无效阶段,通过有针对性的改进能够提高系统的整体效率.最后通过数值算例验证了模型的可行性.     

A game theoretical model of DEA efficiency

Motivated by the inherent competitive nature of the DEA efficiency assessment process, some effort has been made to relate DEA models to game theory. Game theory is considered not only a more natural source of representing competitive situations, but also beneficial in revealing additional insights into practical efficiency analysis. Past studies are limited to connecting efficiency games to some particular versions of DEA models. The generalised DEA model considered in this study unifies various important DEA models and presents a basic formulation for the DEA family. By introducing a generalised convex cone constrained efficiency game model in assembling the generalised DEA model, a rigorous connection between game theory and the DEA family is established. We prove the existence of optimal strategies in the generalised efficiency game. We show the equivalence between game efficiency and DEA efficiency. We also provide convex programming models for determination of the optimal strategies of the proposed games, and show that the game efficiency unit corresponds to the non-dominated solution in its corresponding multi-objective programming problem. Our study largely extends the latest developments in this area. The significance of such an extension is for research and applications of both game theory and DEA.     

DEA中连续C~2R模型理论的研究

在DEA中的C2R模型的基础上,针对决策单元输入与输出为[0,1]区间上的连续函数,建立了在一个时间区间内评价决策单元间的相对有效性的连续C2R模型以及其对偶模型,同时给出了决策单元的效率定义和弱DEA有效、DEA有效的定义.同时得到了弱对偶定理,从而初步构建了连续C2R模型的理论体系.     

Characteristics and structures of weak efficient surfaces of production possibility sets

This paper studies the characteristics and structure of the weak surface of the production possibility set. We apply techniques and methods of transferring a polyhedral cone from its intersection form to its sum form, identify an intersection representation of the production possibility set. We give the structure theorem of weak surface of the production possibility set, which includes three complementary slackness conditions. We define the input weak efficiency and output weak efficiency for different DEA models according to the representation of the intersection form. It investigates the characteristics of the weak surfaces, and proves the structure theorems of input weak DEA efficiency and output weak DEA efficiency. The structure theorems establish weighted combination of inputs and outputs that are weak DEA efficient. Numerical examples are provided for illustration.     

Short-run and long-run efficiency measures for multiplant firms

The usual Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model for measuring the relative efficiency assumes that all plants belong to distinct firms superior to them. For firms with more than one plant, Koopmans proposes a procedure for deriving the short-run production frontier for each firm. Modifying his idea, a DEA model is constructed in this paper for measuring the short-run efficiency of each plant within a firm. Based on the theory of production economics that the long-run production frontier is an envelop super-imposed upon all short-run production frontiers, another DEA model is constructed to measure the long-run efficiency of every plant. The long-run efficiency is always smaller than or equal to the short-run efficiency. Consequently, it is possible that an inefficient plant can only be improved in the long-run. With the models constructed in this paper, a decision-maker is able to distinguish between what can be achieved in the short-run and what in the long-run. To clarify the idea, an example of Taiwan forests is adopted for illustration. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Efficient and weak efficient points in vector optimization with generalized cone convexity

In this paper, we present necessary and sufficient conditions of efficiency and weak efficiency under generalized cone-convexity and cone-subconvexity. The results are stated in partially ordered real linear spaces from a separation theorem between convex cones which need not be solid.     

基于Shephard距离函数的DEA TOPSIS方法研究

本文通过对Shephard距离函数的引入,正式构建了DEA TOPSIS决策单元排序方法的框架。本文首先定义了正(负)理想决策制定单元(DMU)以及相应的(反)生产可能集,然后在考虑正(负)理想DMU的条件下分别给出DMU的(反)效率评价模型以及对应的Shephard距离函数,然后基于评价对象到理想DMU相对接近度这一综合评价值给出了DMU的一个完全排序。最后,本文通过算例分析说明了该方法的有效性和实用性。     

Extended utility and DEA models without explicit input

In this paper, we discuss the relationship between multi-attribute utility theory and data envelopment analysis (DEA) models without explicit inputs (DEA-WEI), including dual models and some theoretical analysis of DEA-WEI models. We then propose generic DEA-WEI models with quadratic utility terms. Finally, we provide illustrative examples to show that DEA-WEI with suitable quadratic utility terms are able to reflect some value judgments that the standard DEA models cannot.     

Using DEA as a tool for MCDM: some remarks

The purpose of this paper is to study proposals to use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a tool for Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). We first recall, using a simple model, the equivalence between the concept of ‘efficiency’ in DEA and that of ‘convex efficiency’ in MCDM. Examples are then used to show that various techniques that have been proposed in the DEA literature to deal with MCDM problems violate simple normative properties that are commonly accepted. We conclude with some remarks on the possible areas of interaction between DEA and MCDM.     

Network DEA pitfalls: Divisional efficiency and frontier projection under general network structures

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a method for measuring the efficiency of peer decision making units (DMUs). Recently network DEA models been developed to examine the efficiency of DMUs with internal structures. The internal network structures range from a simple two-stage process to a complex system where multiple divisions are linked together with intermediate measures. In general, there are two types of network DEA models. One is developed under the standard multiplier DEA models based upon the DEA ratio efficiency, and the other under the envelopment DEA models based upon production possibility sets. While the multiplier and envelopment DEA models are dual models and equivalent under the standard DEA, such is not necessarily true for the two types of network DEA models. Pitfalls in network DEA are discussed with respect to the determination of divisional efficiency, frontier type, and projections. We point out that the envelopment-based network DEA model should be used for determining the frontier projection for inefficient DMUs while the multiplier-based network DEA model should be used for determining the divisional efficiency. Finally, we demonstrate that under general network structures, the multiplier and envelopment network DEA models are two different approaches. The divisional efficiency obtained from the multiplier network DEA model can be infeasible in the envelopment network DEA model. This indicates that these two types of network DEA models use different concepts of efficiency. We further demonstrate that the envelopment model’s divisional efficiency may actually be the overall efficiency.