DETERMINING RATES OF CHANGE IN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Authors
HUANG Z LI SX ROUSSEAU JJ
Citation
Z. Huang et al., DETERMINING RATES OF CHANGE IN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 48(6), 1997, pp. 591-599
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Management,"Operatione Research & Management Science","Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
The Journal of the Operational Research Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
01605682
Volume
48
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
591 - 599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-5682(1997)48:6<591:DROCID>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This paper presents a general method for determining rates of change o f outputs with respect to inputs along efficient facets of the Pareto- optimal frontier common to several empirical production possibility se ts in Data Envelopment Analysis. As a prerequisite step, a theoretical analysis is provided for identifying the efficient facets. Non-negati vity of these rates of change are discussed via 'cone direction' devel opments in both the input and output spaces.