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Super-Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis

Super-Efficiency DEA is a nonparametric linear programming extension of classical Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) introduced by Andersen and Petersen (1993). While standard DEA assigns a maximum efficiency score of 1.0 to all units on the efficient frontier, Super-Efficiency DEA allows efficient units to receive scores greater than 1.0 by temporarily removing the evaluated unit from the reference set. This modification enables full ranking of all decision-making units (DMUs), including those previously indistinguishable at the frontier.

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Sources

  1. Andersen, P., & Petersen, N. C. (1993). A procedure for ranking efficient units in data envelopment analysis. Management Science, 39(10), 1261–1264. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.39.10.1261

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