Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of a method for combining multiple criteria based on the transformation of numerical evaluations into probabilities of preference. It is applied to compare failure risks and to measure efficiency in the retail trade sector....

It will be shown in this paper that the input oriented DEA BCC model can generate negative efficiencies that are usually hidden in the model. The impact of these negative efficiencies becomes obvious when using input oriented Cross Evaluation models. With the help of an example with one input...

This article presents a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach for the process of hiring maritime offshore support vessels for the Brazilian company Petrobras. The usual and common approach of the company is to select the most economically advantageous vessel. This has important disadvantages,...

This article aims at providing a systematic tool for the selection of the most suitable maritime route for containerized cargoes between different sets of coupled-ports. Possible routes are compared using the Copeland method, data envelopment analysis and probabilistic composition. The variables...