Hossain, Md. Kamrul and Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah and Mustafa, Adli and Baten, Md Azizul (2014) Estimating DEA efficiency using uniform distribution. Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society, 37 (4). pp. 1075-1083. ISSN ISSN 0126-6705

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Abstract

The most commonly used non-parametric tool for measuring the relative efficiency of Decision Making Units (DMU) is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In this article, a method for measuring the efficiency level of a DMU when it is in an unfavourable situation as well as estimating the efficiency using uniform distribution is shown. The efficiency score from the traditional BCC-DEA model and the efficiency score in an unfavourable situation form an interval.This interval, known as interval efficiency, is used to estimate efficiency using uniform distribution.In an empirical example, a 95 percent confidence interval (CI) is calculated for the efficiency score using a three-point estimation method.The analysis indicated that the efficiencies that were estimated from uniform distribution are all within the confidence interval. In addition, a statistical test shows that there is no significant different between the estimated efficiency and the efficiency from DEA.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Interval efficiency, data envelopment analysis, uniform distribution, three-point estimation.
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	School of Quantitative Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Madya Dr. Md. Azizul Baten
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2016 04:29
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2016 04:29
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19408

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