Fuzzy pair-wise dominance and fuzzy indices: an evaluation of productive performance

Usually, efficient measurement and evaluation are based on the definition of a frontier that envelops the observed production plans. Measurement and evaluation of productive performance is also achieved with the concept of pair-wise dominance that does not require the existence of a frontier along with the required technological assumptions needed for its definition. In situations where measurement inaccuracies occur, the traditional assumption of crisp production plans can be substituted with the alternative assumption of fuzzy production plans as proposed by fuzzy set theory. This research presents indices that capture the degree to which pair-wise dominance occurs between two fuzzy production plans. The proposed approach is based on the various comparison indices known from the literature that are used to compare fuzzy intervals and is compared with an earlier fuzzy pair-wise classification scheme. Finally, the approach is used to evaluate the productive performance of suspect production plans from the preprint insertion manufacturing process.