TY - JOUR
T1 - A new super-efficiency dual-role FDH procedure
T2 - An application in dairy cold chain for vehicle selection
AU - Shabani, Amir
AU - Torabipour, Seyed Mohammad Reza
AU - Saen, Reza Farzipoor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Cold chain management (CCM) is a system in which perishable products are managed. For the success of transportation system of CCM, optimal selection of vehicle is a significant subject. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be used for vehicle selection problems. However, in this particular area, conventional DEA models are faced with difficulties. The problem are: 1) dual-role factors which classical DEA models cannot deal with them; 2) comparing decision making units (DMUs) with virtual DMUs (not with actual DMUs); 3) tie between DMUs (i.e., many DMUs are recognised efficient; 4) infeasibility of DEA ranking model for certain data. In this paper, a new procedure is developed to rectify the mentioned shortcomings. The proposed procedure, which utilises free disposal hull (FDH) technology, is a super-efficiency approach to provide a full ranking of efficient DMUs in the presence of dual-role factors. A case study illustrates application of the proposed procedure.
AB - Cold chain management (CCM) is a system in which perishable products are managed. For the success of transportation system of CCM, optimal selection of vehicle is a significant subject. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be used for vehicle selection problems. However, in this particular area, conventional DEA models are faced with difficulties. The problem are: 1) dual-role factors which classical DEA models cannot deal with them; 2) comparing decision making units (DMUs) with virtual DMUs (not with actual DMUs); 3) tie between DMUs (i.e., many DMUs are recognised efficient; 4) infeasibility of DEA ranking model for certain data. In this paper, a new procedure is developed to rectify the mentioned shortcomings. The proposed procedure, which utilises free disposal hull (FDH) technology, is a super-efficiency approach to provide a full ranking of efficient DMUs in the presence of dual-role factors. A case study illustrates application of the proposed procedure.
KW - CCM
KW - Cold chain management
KW - Data envelopment analysis
KW - DEA
KW - Dual-role factor
KW - FDH
KW - Free disposal hull
KW - Vehicle selection
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U2 - 10.1504/IJSTL.2015.069678
DO - 10.1504/IJSTL.2015.069678
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930520434
SN - 1756-6517
VL - 7
SP - 426
EP - 456
JO - International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
JF - International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
IS - 4
ER -