A review of inverse data envelopment analysis: origins, development and future directions

A Emrouznejad, GR Amin, M Ghiyasi… - IMA journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a widely used mathematical programming approach for
assessing the efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) in various sectors. Inverse DEA is …

Resource reallocation for improving sustainable supply chain performance: an inverse data envelopment analysis

Z Moghaddas, BM Tosarkani, S Yousefi - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, globalization has highlighted the vital role of sustainable supply chains
(SSCs) in the development of organizations and production systems to increase profits. The …

Unveiling the potential of hotel mergers: A hybrid DEA approach for optimizing sector-wide performance in the hospitality industry

A Oukil, RE Kennedy, A Al-Hajri, AA Soltani - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the hospitality sector involve consolidating assets among
hotels through partnerships. While data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely used …

A novel inverse DEA model with application to allocate the CO2 emissions quota to different regions in Chinese manufacturing industries

A Emrouznejad, G Yang, GR Amin - Journal of the Operational …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper aims to address the problem of allocating the CO2 emissions quota set by
government goal in Chinese manufacturing industries to different Chinese regions. The CO2 …

Minimizing greenhouse gas emissions using inverse DEA with an application in oil and gas

M Wegener, GR Amin - Expert Systems with Applications, 2019 - Elsevier
The industry dynamic creates a difficult problem that must be solved if we are to address
climate change. How can we lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while simultaneously …

A sustainable lean production framework based on inverse DEA for mitigating gas flaring

KK Orisaremi, FTS Chan, SH Chung, X Fu - Expert Systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gas flaring process remains a significant contributor to climate change due to the
release of greenhouse gases. Additionally, it denies oil-producing nations access to …

A generalized inverse DEA model for firm restructuring based on value efficiency

J Gerami, MR Mozaffari, PF Wanke… - IMA journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a novel general inverse data envelopment analysis model for assessing the
restructuring of decision-making units (DMUs) while observing predetermined value …

Inverse DEA-R models for merger analysis with negative data

M Soltanifar, M Ghiyasi, H Sharafi - IMA Journal of Management …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a mathematical programming technique for efficiency
analysis. For dealing with the data in ratio form, the DEA model for ratio data known as DEA …

Using inverse data envelopment analysis to evaluate potential impact of mergers on energy use optimization-Application in the agricultural production

A Oukil, A Nourani, A Bencheikh, AA Soltani - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the potential of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) as a novel approach to
energy use optimization. The investigations are carried out through inverse data …

A new inverse DEA cost efficiency model for estimating potential merger gains: a case of Canadian banks

GR Amin, M Ibn Boamah - Annals of Operations Research, 2020 - Springer
Estimating potential gains from mergers is an important strategic decision-making problem.
This paper introduces a new inverse data envelopment analysis (DEA) based on a cost …