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Target setting using an enhanced inverse DEA approach: application to Spanish universities

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  • Sebastián Lozano
  • Ignacio Contreras

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This paper proposes a non-oriented, non-radial Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis (InvDEA) approach for target setting. The changes of any input and output dimensions may be fixed. In addition to the corresponding multiobjective optimisation model, the approach includes a prior step that checks the feasibility of the input and output changes that are fixed and revises them if necessary. This Pre-InvDEA model uses Goal Programming (GP) and guarantees the feasibility of those changes. The approach also includes a Post-InvDEA multiobjective optimisation model to optimise the input and output changes given in order to guarantee that the computed target is efficient. The overall target-setting approach is conceived as an interactive process so that the three steps (Pre-InvDEA, InvDEA, and Post-InvDEA) may be run more than once until a satisfactory target is determined. The application of the proposed approach to computing efficient targets for Spanish universities is presented.

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  • Sebastián Lozano & Ignacio Contreras, 2024. "Target setting using an enhanced inverse DEA approach: application to Spanish universities," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 75(11), pages 2138-2154, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:75:y:2024:i:11:p:2138-2154
    DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2024.2306176
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