| Article ID: | iaor20084187 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 225 |
| End Page Number: | 239 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Journal: | Pesquisa Operacional |
| Authors: | Gomes E.G., Mello J.C.C.B.S., Leta F.R., Melo M.H.C.S. |
The resource allocation is one of the main problems in Operational Research. The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in this field is a new feature with a great potential, mainly when combined with integer programming problems. This paper presents an algorithm to allocate integer resources using a step-by-step DEA algorithm. We applied the proposed approach to a real case study, which consists in allocating teacher positions in some departments of Universidade Federal Fluminense. We compare the results with those obtained by the official commission.