TY - JOUR
T1 - A multiple criteria approach to two-stage data envelopment analysis
AU - Mahdiloo, Mahdi
AU - Jafarzadeh, Abdol Hossein
AU - Saen, Reza Farzipoor
AU - Tatham, Peter
AU - Fisher, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) models are commonly used in the evaluation and benchmarking of sustainable operations and processes across multiple research fields. To date, however, little attention has been given to the unrealistic weight distribution and weak discrimination power in the modeling and evaluation of the two-stage sustainable operations when using two-stage DEA models. In order to overcome this methodological weakness, we use the multiple criteria DEA (MCDEA) approach in the evaluation of the two-stage processes. The outcome is a multiple criteria two-stage DEA model which yields more realistic weights for the inputs and outputs and thus has better discrimination power than traditional two-stage DEA models. The developed model is tested and validated by assessing the sustainable design performances of a sample of car product designs.
AB - Two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) models are commonly used in the evaluation and benchmarking of sustainable operations and processes across multiple research fields. To date, however, little attention has been given to the unrealistic weight distribution and weak discrimination power in the modeling and evaluation of the two-stage sustainable operations when using two-stage DEA models. In order to overcome this methodological weakness, we use the multiple criteria DEA (MCDEA) approach in the evaluation of the two-stage processes. The outcome is a multiple criteria two-stage DEA model which yields more realistic weights for the inputs and outputs and thus has better discrimination power than traditional two-stage DEA models. The developed model is tested and validated by assessing the sustainable design performances of a sample of car product designs.
KW - Automobile manufacturers
KW - Discrimination power
KW - Multiple criteria DEA
KW - Sustainable design
KW - Two-stage DEA
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2016.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2016.04.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965059928
SN - 1361-9209
VL - 46
SP - 317
EP - 327
JO - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
ER -