Resource allocation based on the DEA (data envelopment analysis) model

The purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to a resource–allocation problem that typically appears in organizations with a centralized decision–making environment, for example, police stations, banks, and universities. The central unit is assumed to be interested in maximizing both the total efficiency and the efficiency of the individual unit by allocating available resources to them. Building upon this, we present a data envelopment analysis–based model for allocating input resources to DMUs (the decision–making units) under the framework of multiple objective programming. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the approach.