Model Perspective

Aug 21, 2022 · Operations

How Data Envelopment Analysis Measures Efficiency Across Organizations

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), introduced in 1978 by Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes, offers a powerful linear programming framework to assess the relative efficiency of comparable decision‑making units by evaluating multiple inputs and outputs, with extensions like C2R, C2GS2, and C2WH models handling scale and technical efficiency.