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1、AnnOperRes(2010)173:163175DOI10.1007/s10479-008-0421-3Context-dependentperformancestandardsinDEAWadeD.Cook·JoeZhuPublishedonline:4September2008©SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC2008AbstractDataenvelopmentanalysis(DEA)isamathematicalapproachtomeasuringtherelativeefficiencyo
2、fpeerdecisionmakingunits(DMUs).Itisparticularlyusefulwherenoaprioriinformationonthetradeoffsorrelationsamongvariousperformancemeasuresisavailable.However,itisverydesirableifevaluationstandards,whentheycanbeestab-lished,beincorporatedintoDEAperformanceevaluation.Thisisespe
3、ciallyimportantwhenserviceoperationsareunderinvestigation,becauseservicestandardsaregenerallydifficulttoestablish.TheapproachesthathavebeendevelopedtoincorporateevaluationstandardsintoDEA,asreportedintheliterature,havetendedtoberatherindirect,focusingprimarilyonthemultipli
4、ersinDEAmodels.ThispaperintroducesanewwayofbuildingperformancestandardsdirectlyintotheDEAstructurewhencontext-dependentactivitymatrixesexistfordifferentclassesofDMUs.Forexample,twosetsofbranches,whosetransactiontimesareknowntobedifferentfromeachother,usuallyhavetwodiffere
5、ntactivitymatrixes.Wede-velopaproceduresothatasetofstandardDMUscanbegeneratedandincorporateddirectlyintotheDEAanalysis.Theproposedapproachisappliedtoasampleof100branchesofamajorCanadianbankwheredifferentsetsoftimestandardsexistforthreedistinctgroupsofbranches.KeywordsData
6、envelopmentanalysis(DEA)·Performancestandards·Efficiency·Contextdependent1IntroductionDataEnvelopmentAnalysis(DEA),asdevelopedinCharnesetal.(1978),providesamea-sureofefficiencyofaeachofasetofdecisionmakingunits(DMUs),relativetosomeW.D.Cook()SchulichSchoolofBusiness,YorkUni
7、versity,4700KeeleStreet,Toronto,Ontario,CanadaM3J1P3e-mail:wcook@schulich.yorku.caJ.ZhuDepartmentofManagement,WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute,Worcester,MA01609,USAe-mail:jzhu@wpi.edu164AnnOperRes(2010)173:163175comparisonsetofsimilarunits.Severalvariationsofthisfirst(constan
8、treturnstoscale)modelhavebeenpresentedsincetheappearanceofthatfirstpaper,includingthevariableretu