A survey on resource and fixed cost allocation research with data envelopment analysis

IF 5.4 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Socio-economic Planning Sciences Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI:10.1016/j.seps.2025.102275

Maryam Masoumi Hazhir, Ali Asghar Foroughi

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Abstract

A significant issue in many management applications is the equitable allocation of resources and fixed costs between decision-making units (DMUs). This issue is one of the most important applications of data envelopment analysis (DEA). Given the proliferation of studies in the allocation literature, an up-to-date review of DEA applications that differs from the previous review article is necessary. In this research, we review 131 published studies of DEA applications about fixed cost and resource allocation from 1993 to 2024, covering both applications and methodologies. Considering the DEA applications, we examine and categorize the approaches used in the studies. Methodologically, considering the structure of the studied systems and models, we point out that developed DEA approaches such as dynamic network DEA, network DEA with more complex network structures, directional distance function efficiency, fuzzy DEA, and slacks-based efficiency models are deficient in the existing literature. We suggest some remarkable directions for future research from a practical and theoretical point of view.

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基于数据包络分析的资源与固定成本分配研究综述

许多管理应用中的一个重要问题是决策单位（dmu）之间资源和固定成本的公平分配。该问题是数据包络分析（DEA）最重要的应用之一。鉴于分配文献中研究的激增，有必要对DEA应用进行不同于先前综述文章的最新综述。在本研究中，我们回顾了1993年至2024年间131篇关于固定成本和资源配置的DEA应用研究，涵盖了应用和方法。考虑到DEA的应用，我们对研究中使用的方法进行了检查和分类。在方法上，考虑到所研究系统和模型的结构，指出现有文献中存在动态网络DEA、更复杂网络结构的网络DEA、定向距离函数效率、模糊DEA和基于松弛的效率模型等DEA方法的不足。从实践和理论的角度提出了未来研究的一些值得注意的方向。

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Socio-economic Planning Sciences OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE-

CiteScore

9.40

自引率

13.10%

发文量

294

审稿时长

58 days

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