Ranking ranges in cross‐efficiency evaluations

Ranking ranges in cross‐efficiency evaluations

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Article ID: iaor2013853
Volume: 226
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 516
End Page Number: 521
Publication Date: May 2013
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: global optimization, ranking
Abstract:

The existence of alternate optima for the DEA weights may reduce the usefulness of the cross‐efficiency evaluation, since the ranking provided depends on the choice of weights that the different DMUs make. In this paper, we develop a procedure to carry out the cross‐efficiency evaluation without the need to make any specific choice of DEA weights. The proposed procedure takes into consideration all the possible choices of weights that all the DMUs can make, and yields for each unit a range for its possible rankings instead of a single ranking. This range is determined by the best and the worst rankings that would result in the best and the worst scenarios of each unit across all the DEA weights of all the DMUs. This approach might identify good/bad performers, as those that rank at the top/bottom irrespective of the weights that are chosen, or units that outperform others in all the scenarios. In addition, it may be used to analyze the stability of the ranking provided by the standard cross‐efficiency evaluation.

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