A hybrid DEA-MOLP model for public school assessment and closure decision in the City of Philadelphia

• Published in: Socio-economic planning sciences Vol. 61; pp. 70 - 89
• Main Authors: Tavana, Madjid, Ebrahimnejad, Ali, Santos-Arteaga, Francisco J., Mansourzadeh, Seyed Mehdi, Matin, Reza Kazemi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Correlation analysis; Data envelopment analysis; Decision makers; Decision making; Efficacy; Interactive process; Linear programming; Multi objective linear programming; Past performance; Performance evaluation; Secondary schools; Studies; Target unit; Uncontrollable variables; Undesirable inputs and outputs; United States > US; Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Target unit; Undesirable inputs and outputs; Interactive process; Multi objective linear programming; Data envelopment analysis; Uncontrollable variables

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is generally used to evaluate past performance and multi objective linear programming (MOLP) is often used to plan for future performance goals. In this study, we establish an equivalence relationship between MOLP problems and combined-oriented DEA models using a dire...