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Dea Software Tools and Technology

A State-of-the-Art Survey

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Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 71))

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Today’s DEA practitioners and researchers have a wide range of solution technology choices. Clearly, software is no longer an impediment to the incorporation of DEA into decision-support systems and benchmarking processes. This is evidenced by the availability of interoperable tools with a variety of user interfaces, advanced modeling options, and the power to evaluate large-scale data sets on inexpensive computing platforms. This survey describes and critiques prominent DEA software packages, both commercial and non-commercial, and summarizes the current state of the art.

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  1. Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275, USA

    Richard S. Barr

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  1. University of Texas at Austin, USA

    William W. Cooper

  2. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA

    Lawrence M. Seiford

  3. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

    Joe Zhu

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Barr, R.S. (2004). Dea Software Tools and Technology. In: Cooper, W.W., Seiford, L.M., Zhu, J. (eds) Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 71. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7798-X_18

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