Uncertainty in Data Envelopment Analysis

Chapter Six: Ranking, sensitivity, and stability analysis in uncertain DEA

Abstract

In this chapter, the topics of ranking, sensitivity, and stability analysis in uncertain data envelopment analysis are presented. We further examine the sensitivity of the models against the variation on the exogenous inputs and deliver the final outputs of the decision-making units.

Keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Uncertain theory; Uncertain variable; Belief degree; Crisp form

6.1: Introduction

The topic of sensitivity and stability in data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been introduced from different aspects in the literature. The sensitivity analysis of DEA was first focused on by Charnes et al. (1985) by changing the values of the inputs and outputs ...