A DEA-based approach for the multi-criteria assignment problem

Abstract

This paper proposes a DEA model for evaluating arc efficiency in the presence of multiple weights on arcs in a network. Thereafter, a multi-criteria assignment problem is formulated based on the efficiency of the arcs. Appraisal is given to some parts of the proposed DEA-model used for solving multi-criteria network flow problems and provide some examples. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the applicability of the approach.

Keywords

• network flow problem
• Data Envelopment Analysis
• multi objective linear programming
• assignment problem
• efficiency