CAR-DEA: Context-Dependent Assurance Regions in DEA

• Published in: Operations research Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 69 - 78
• Main Authors: Cook, Wade D, Zhu, Joe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Linthicum, MD INFORMS 01.01.2008; Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Subjects: Allocative efficiency; Applied sciences; AR; assurance regions; Banks; Branch banking; CAR-DEA; context-dependent; Credit; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; decision analysis; Decision support systems; Decision theory. Utility theory; Descriptive statistics; Efficiency metrics; Exact sciences and technology; Financial transactions; Firm modelling; Inventory control, production control. Distribution; linear; Linear programming; Mathematics; Modeling; multiple criteria; Multiple criteria decision making; Nonparametric inference; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; organizational studies; Probability and statistics; productivity; programming; Regional banks; Restrictions; Sciences and techniques of general use; Statistics; Studies; Canada; Performance evaluation; Motor car; CAR-DEA; Multicriteria analysis; decision analysis: multiple criteria; Non parametric estimation; Processing time; Autoregressive model; assurance regions; Modeling; Multiplier; Execution time; programming: linear; Productivity; Branching; DEA; organizational studies: productivity; Decision support system; Decision making; Banking; Linear programming; Regression analysis; Context aware; Transaction processing; AR; context-dependent; Data envelopment analysis

Assurance region (AR) restrictions on multipliers in data envelopment analysis (DEA) have been applied extensively in many performance measurement settings. They facilitate the derivation of multiplier values that reflect the reality of the problem situation under study. In measuring the operational...