articleSocio-Economic Planning SciencesJan 26, 2017HYBRID OA

A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978–2016

AEAli EmrouznejadGYGuo-liang Yang

Aston University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1 more institution

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Abstract

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 Rhodes (1978) introduced DEA as a tool for measuring efficiency and productivity of decision making units. DEA has immediately been recognized as a modern tool for performance measurement. Since then, a large and considerable amount of articles has been appeared, including significant breakthroughs in theory and a great portion of works on DEA applications, both public and private sectors, to assess the efficiency and productivity of their activities. Although there have been several bibliographic collections reported, a comprehensive…

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1,226
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FWCI
103.77
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100%
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9
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Keywords
  • Listing (finance)
  • Data envelopment analysis
  • Productivity
  • Computer science
  • Operations research
  • Econometrics
  • Regional science
  • Statistics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decent work and economic growth
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