Data Irregularities And Structural Complexities In Dea

Over the recent years, we have seen a notable increase in interest in data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques and applications. Basic and advanced DEA models and techniques have been well documented in the DEA literature. This edited volume addresses how to deal with DEA implementation difficulties involving data irregularities and DMU structural complexities. Chapters in this volumes address issues including the treatment of ordinal data, interval data, negative data and undesirable data, data mining and dimensionality reduction, network and supply chain structures, modeling non-discretionary variables and flexible measures, context-dependent performance, and graphical representation of DEA.