Uncertain data envelopment analysis (Q5920693)

The book ``Uncertain Data Envelopment Analysis'' provides progression of uncertain Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), i.e. uncertain theories, including probability theory, credibility theory, uncertainty theory and chance theory. It presents a comprehensive review and discussion of basic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models, the stochastic DEA, in which the inputs and outputs are assumed to be random variables. Moreover, it provides two uncertain DEA methods to evaluate the Decision Making Units (DMUs) with limited or insufficient statistical data, named fuzzy DEA and uncertain DEA. In order to evaluate the DMUs in which uncertainty and randomness appear simultaneously, the hybrid DEA based on chance theory is presented. The chapters that deserve special attention are Fuzzy DEA and Uncertain DEA. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), as a useful management and decision tool, has been widely used since it was first invented by Charnes et al. in 1978. On the one hand, the DEA models need accurate inputs and outputs data. On the other hand, in many situations, inputs and outputs are volatile and complex so that they are difficult to measure in an accurate way. The conflict leads to the researches of uncertain DEA models. This book considers DEA in uncertain environment, thus producing a new model based on uncertain measure. The book presents fuzzy DEA models where the inputs and outputs are fuzzy variables and Uncertain DEA models when the inputs and outputs are uncertain variables with their properties, feasible solutions and the optimal values. Moreover, one of the topics of interests in DEA is sensitivity and stability analysis of decision making units (DMUs). One of the interesting aspect which is presented there are four types of fuzzy DEA and uncertain DEA fully ranking criteria. They are called: expected ranking criterion, optimistic ranking criterion, maximal chance ranking criterion and Hurwicz ranking criterion. Presented results can be used by an uncertain multi objective programming, an uncertain goal programming, and an uncertain multilevel programming. Since that, uncertainty theory was used to solve variety of real optimal problems, including finance, reliability analysis, graph.