Trade-offs analysis of sustainability dimensions using integer-valued data envelopment analysis

IF 0.5 Q4 ECONOMICS

Croatian Operational Research Review Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.17535/crorr.2020.0022

M. J. S. Noveiri, S. Kordrostami

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Abstract

Conducting an in-depth exploration of trade-offs between sustainability aspects is a notable matter of taking decisions. Furthermore, there are many real world investigations that trade-offs and sustainability should be dealt with in the presence of desirable and undesirable materials while some of them accept integer amounts. Therefore, this study addresses trade-offs of sustainability dimensions when undesirable and integer-valued measures are presented. For this purpose, approaches based upon data envelopment analysis (DEA) are proposed. To explain, DEA models are introduced to calculate individual and group marginal rates of substitution and also directional marginal rates of substitution when integer and undesirable variables are observed. These procedures are applied to calculate tradeoffs between different sustainability dimensions, including economic, environmental and social ones. The applications of ports and industrial parks are provided to clarify the approaches appeared in this study. The results derived from the proposed strategies show the usefulness and validity of them.

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使用整数值数据包络分析的可持续性维度的权衡分析

对可持续性各方面之间的权衡进行深入探索是决策的重要事项。此外，有许多现实世界的调查表明，应该在存在理想和不理想材料的情况下处理权衡和可持续性，而其中一些接受整数数量。因此，本研究解决了可持续性维度的权衡，当不希望和整数值的措施提出。为此，提出了基于数据包络分析(DEA)的方法。为了解释这一点，我们引入DEA模型来计算个体和群体的边际替代率，以及当观察到整数变量和不期望变量时的定向边际替代率。这些程序用于计算不同可持续性维度之间的权衡，包括经济、环境和社会维度。以港口和工业园区为例，阐明了本文的研究方法。结果表明，所提出的策略是有效的。

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Croatian Operational Research Review ECONOMICS-

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1.40

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22 weeks

期刊介绍： Croatian Operational Research Review (CRORR) is the journal which publishes original scientific papers from the area of operational research. The purpose is to publish papers from various aspects of operational research (OR) with the aim of presenting scientific ideas that will contribute both to theoretical development and practical application of OR. The scope of the journal covers the following subject areas: linear and non-linear programming, integer programing, combinatorial and discrete optimization, multi-objective programming, stohastic models and optimization, scheduling, macroeconomics, economic theory, game theory, statistics and econometrics, marketing and data analysis, information and decision support systems, banking, finance, insurance, environment, energy, health, neural networks and fuzzy systems, control theory, simulation, practical OR and applications. The audience includes both researchers and practitioners from the area of operations research, applied mathematics, statistics, econometrics, intelligent methods, simulation, and other areas included in the above list of topics. The journal has an international board of editors, consisting of more than 30 editors – university professors from Croatia, Slovenia, USA, Italy, Germany, Austria and other coutries.