Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Nonlinear inputs and diminishing marginal value in DEA
Nonlinear inputs and diminishing marginal value in DEA
2009,
The conventional model structures presented in the data envelopment analysis (DEA)...
Estimating indirect allocative inefficiency and productivity change
Estimating indirect allocative inefficiency and productivity change
2009,
Building on the method used in previous indirect production studies, we construct an...
On some generalization of the DEA models
On some generalization of the DEA models
2009,
Inadequate results may arise in some instances of DEA model applications. For example,...
The hyperbolic-oriented efficiency measure as a remedy to infeasibility of super efficiency models
The hyperbolic-oriented efficiency measure as a remedy to infeasibility of super efficiency models
2009,
The infeasibility problem in traditional super efficiency models has been well...
A fast algorithm for determining some characteristics in DEA
A fast algorithm for determining some characteristics in DEA
2009,
This paper provides a fast computational algorithm for carrying out the performance...
Multiobjective data envelopment analysis
Multiobjective data envelopment analysis
2009,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is popularly used to evaluate relative efficiency...
Supplier selection by the pair of nondiscretionary factors-imprecise data envelopment analysis models
Supplier selection by the pair of nondiscretionary factors-imprecise data envelopment analysis models
2009,
Discretionary models for evaluating the efficiency of suppliers assume that all...
Exploring the use of DEA for formative evaluation in primary diabetes care: An application to compare English practices
Exploring the use of DEA for formative evaluation in primary diabetes care: An application to compare English practices
2009,
Primary care is currently at the heart of the UK National Health Service policy....
Does knowledge management matter? Assessing the performance of electricity distribution districts based on slacks-based data envelopment analysis
Does knowledge management matter? Assessing the performance of electricity distribution districts based on slacks-based data envelopment analysis
2009,
This study uses slacks-based data envelopment analysis (DEA) to examine the...
Farrell revisited – Visualizing properties of DEA production frontiers
Farrell revisited – Visualizing properties of DEA production frontiers
2009,
The contributions of the paper are threefold: (i) compare with mathematical rigour the...
A DEA analysis of risk, cost, and revenues in insurance
A DEA analysis of risk, cost, and revenues in insurance
2009,
Insurance companies have to take risk and cost into account when pricing car insurance...
A network-based approach for increasing discrimination in data envelopment analysis
A network-based approach for increasing discrimination in data envelopment analysis
2009,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is known to produce more than one efficient...
A geometrical approach for generalizing the production possibility set in DEA
A geometrical approach for generalizing the production possibility set in DEA
2009,
Consider a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) study with n Decision Making Units (DMUs)...
Returns to scale pattern and efficient firm size in the public accounting industry: an empirical investigation
Returns to scale pattern and efficient firm size in the public accounting industry: an empirical investigation
2009,
This paper employs Data Envelopment Analysis to investigate returns to scale patterns...
Justification for the next generation of maintenance modelling techniques
Justification for the next generation of maintenance modelling techniques
2009,
Variant forms of reliability centred maintenance (RCM) have been the maintenance...
Agricultural sustainable management: a normative approach based on goal programming
Agricultural sustainable management: a normative approach based on goal programming
2009,
This paper has two goals. It aims, first, to explore how the use of goal programming...
A branch-and-bound algorithm for a two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with limited waiting time constraints
A branch-and-bound algorithm for a two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with limited waiting time constraints
2009,
In this paper, we consider a two-machine flowshop scheduling problem in which the...
Single machine scheduling with a time-dependent learning effect and deteriorating jobs
Single machine scheduling with a time-dependent learning effect and deteriorating jobs
2009,
The paper deals with the single machine scheduling problems with a time-dependent...
Effects of product postponement on the distribution network: a case study
Effects of product postponement on the distribution network: a case study
2009,
This case study is based on a supply network analysis conducted at 3M Company, a large...
The history and ideas of critical rationalism: the philosophy of Karl Popper and its implications for OR
The history and ideas of critical rationalism: the philosophy of Karl Popper and its implications for OR
2009,
Critical rationalism is the philosophy developed by Karl Popper during the middle of...
A patient assignment algorithm for home care services
A patient assignment algorithm for home care services
2009,
We consider the problem of assigning patients to nurses for home care services. The...
A classification of the weighting schemes in reference point procedures for multiobjective programming
A classification of the weighting schemes in reference point procedures for multiobjective programming
2009,
The reference point-based methods form one of the most widely used class of...
IP-MAGS: an incomplete preference-based multiple attribute group support system
IP-MAGS: an incomplete preference-based multiple attribute group support system
2009,
In this research, we develop a group decision support system to deal with multiple...
The cost-effectiveness of surgical instrument management policies to reduce the risk of vCJD transmission to humans
The cost-effectiveness of surgical instrument management policies to reduce the risk of vCJD transmission to humans
2009,
Current sterilization techniques may not be completely effective at removing prions...
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