This paper proposes an innovative procedure of finding efficient facility location–allocation (FLA) schemes, integrating data envelopment analysis (DEA) and a multi-objective programming (MOP) model methodology. FLA decisions provide a basic foundation for designing efficient supply chain network in many practical applications. The procedure proposed in this paper would be applied to the FLA pr...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a common technique in measuring the relative efficiency of a set of decision making units (DMUs) with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. ‎‎Standard DEA models are ‎‎quite limited models‎, ‎in the sense that they do not consider a DMU ‎‎at different times‎. ‎To resolve this problem‎, ‎DEA models with dynamic ‎‎structures have been proposed‎.‎In a recent pape...

‎‎In the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) the efficiency of the units‎ ‎can be obtained by identifying the degree of the importance of the‎ ‎criteria (inputs-outputs).In DEA basic models‎, ‎challenges are zero‎ ‎and unequal weights of the criteria when decision‎- ‎making units are‎ ‎evaluated‎. ‎One of the strategies applied to deal with these problems‎ ‎is using common weights of the each input...

The paper develops tools for reconciling diverse measures which characterize the ®nancial performance of the Fortune 500 companies. The technology of data envelopment analysis (DEA) is employed to determine a multi-factor ®nancial performance model which inherently recognizes tradeo€s among various ®nancial measures. This study o€ers an alternative perspective and characterization on the perfor...