Paper Info
Title
An Illustrative Application of Idea Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis to a Korean Mobile Telecommunication Company
Abstract
Data Envelopment Analysis DEA models, as ordinarily employed, assume that the data for all inputs and outputs are known exactly. In some applications, however, a number of factors may involve imprecise data, which take forms such as ordinal rankings and knowledge only of bounds. Here we provide an example involving a Korean mobile telecommunication company. The Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis IDEA method we use permits us to deal not only with imprecise data and exact data but also with weight restrictions as in the now widely used “Assurance Region” AR and “cone-ratio envelopment” approaches to DEA. We also show how to transform AR bounds on the variables, obtained from managerial assessments, for instance, into data adjustments. This involves an extended IDEA model, which we refer to as AR-IDEA. All these uses are illustrated by an example application directed to evaluate efficiencies of branch offices of a telecommunication company in Korea.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1287/opre.49.6.807.10022
Operations Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
imprecise data envelopment analysis,branch office,example application,illustrative application,exact data,data envelopment analysis,telecommunication company,korean mobile telecommunication company,imprecise data,extended idea model,assurance region,data envelope analysis,mobile telecommunication
Mathematical optimization,Ordinal number,Operations research,Envelopment,Data envelopment analysis,Mobile telephony,Mathematics,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
6
0030-364X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
45
5.41
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
William W. Cooper130242.76
Kyung Sam Park225725.17
Gang Yu311222.72