We demonstrate a real-world application of the interactive multiple objective optimization (MOO) approach to the simultaneous setting of input and output amounts for the opening of new branches. As illustrated by the case example, all the branches of a fast-food company employ multiple inputs to...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has proven to be a useful tool for assessing efficiency or productivity of organizations which is of vital practical importance in managerial decision making. While DEA assumes exact input and output data, the development of imprecise DEA (IDEA) broadens the scope...

This article proposes a new method for measuring an aggregative efficiency of multiple period production systems. Every organization or firm generates a time series of data that represent its performances in the resource utilization and output production over multiple periods, and often desires...

We explore an important problem in prioritizing product design alternatives, using a real-world case. Despite the importance of prioritization in the area of new product development, the development of systematic schemes has been limited and the concepts and methods developed in the decision...

In this study, we demonstrate a new method of addressing efficiency in situations in which only the input and output data are available, while evaluating efficiency more accurately than is possible via the ordinary data envelopment analysis (DEA). Technical efficiency is important, but...