Resource allocation based on context-dependent data envelopment analysis and a multi-objective linear programming approach

doi:10.1016/j.cie.2016.08.025

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Resource allocation based on context-dependent data envelopment analysis and a multi-objective linear programming approach

2016-11-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.cie.2016.08.025

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This paper discusses a mechanism for the allocation of resources among a set of decision making units (DMUs) which are managed by a centralized control unit in an organization. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and multi-objective linear programming (MOLP) are integrated to deal with this resource allocation problem. Also, context-dependent DEA is introduced to identify the changed production possibility set after resource allocation, which determines the production plans that are feasible with input increase or decrease in general. For the centralized unit, the MOLP approach is proposed to simultaneously maximize total output and effectiveness while minimizing the total allocated variable input consumption. Among these objectives, the effectiveness is determined by the output growth rate for all DMUs, which can reflect the effects obtained by allocating the input resources that are not used up, such as new equipment. In addition, we restrict the production of limited resources to the new most productive scale size (MPSS) region where the DMUs have the best economic characteristics. Finally, an example is employed to illustrate the approach. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords:

Resource allocation

Data envelopment analysis

Multi-objective linear programming

Most productive scale size

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