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While conventional DEA models set targets separately for each DMU, in this paper we consider that there is a centralized decision maker (DM) who “owns” or supervises all the operating units. In such intraorganizational scenario the DM has an interest in maximizing the efficiency of individual units at the same time that total input consumption is minimized or total output production is maximized. Two new DEA models are presented for such resource allocation. One type of model seeks radial reductions of the total consumption of every input while the other type seeks separate reductions for each input according to a preference structure. In both cases, total output production is guaranteed not to decrease. The two key features of the proposed models are their simplicity and the fact that both of them project all DMUs onto the efficient frontier. The dual formulation shows that optimizing total input consumption and output production is equivalent to finding weights that maximize the relative efficiency of a virtual DMU with average inputs and outputs. A graphical interpretation as well as numerical results of the proposed models are presented.
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Lozano, S., Villa, G. Centralized Resource Allocation Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Productivity Analysis 22, 143–161 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:PROD.0000034748.22820.33
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:PROD.0000034748.22820.33