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The aim of this paper is to present a novel approach for ranking of all DMUs using the interval Cross-Efficiency (ICE) and interval Analytic Hierarchy Process (IAHP) methods. The approach includes two basic stages. In the first stage using…
Performance evaluation of various organizations especially educational institutions is a very important area of research and needs to be cultivated more. In this paper, we propose a performance evaluation for educational institutions using…
Evaluating the efficiency of organizations and branches within an organization is a challenging issue for managers. Evaluation criteria allow organizations to rank their internal units, identify their position concerning their competitors,…
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Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a nonparametric, data driven technique used to perform relative performance analysis among a group of comparable decision making units (DMUs). Efficiency is assessed by comparing input and output data for…
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one of the most commonly used methods to estimate the returns to scale (RTS) of the public sector (e.g., research institutions). Existing studies are all based on the traditional definition of RTS in…
Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems involve the evaluation of alternatives based on various minimization and maximization criteria. Similarly, efficiency evaluation (EA) methods assess decision-making units (DMUs) by analyzing…
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Dynamic multi-objective optimization (DMOO) has recently attracted increasing interest from both academic researchers and engineering practitioners, as numerous real-world applications that evolve over time can be naturally formulated as…
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