... a mathematical programming model and to solve the proposed model, we propose a two-level genetic algorithm. Design/methodology/approach In this article, we propose a novel allocation-location problem, considering the efficiency concept based on data envelopment analysis. In most location models...

.... Design/methodology/approach A framework comprising life cycle assessment (LCA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) is developed and applied to assess performance efficiency comprising both ecological and operational efficiency. To assess the inclusion of UOs generated, four standalone integrative models...

... nature, namely, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The research method used was quantitative, with a brief complement of qualitative research, and descriptive in purpose, supported by the inductive method. The data collection stage took place with the support...

...Santanu Mandal; Surajit Ghosh Dastidar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency analysis of the Indian general insurance sector using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and subsequently assess the impact (if any) of the global slowdown on the performance of the allied...

...Roma Mitra Debnath; V.J. Sebastian Purpose – The purpose of this paper applies to Indian steel manufacturing industries to evaluate the technical and scale efficiency (SE). Design/methodology/approach – Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been employed to calculate the relative efficiency...