An application of window data envelopment analysis methodology with double frontier in the performance assessment of Shiraz university colleges

• Main Authors: Sahar Sharifian, Abolghasem Ebrahim, Moslem Alimohammadlou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Growing Science 2017-06-01
• Series: Decision Science Letters
• Subjects: Efficiency assessment; University; Window data envelopment analysis; Data envelopment analysis with double frontier
• Online Access: http://www.growingscience.com/dsl/Vol6/dsl_2016_35.pdf

Nowadays efficiency measurement is considered as one of the most important methods for performance assessment of the organizations. Assessment of academic education and research system is a vital factor for education and research promotion and also is a panoramic mirror for education and research activities. The aim of this research is to assess the efficiency measurement of Shiraz university colleges over the period 2009 – 2014. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as one of the most important methods of efficiency measurement has two limitations: First, it calculates cross-sectional efficiency values and second, it may consider many units as an efficient unit. Window Data Envelopment Analysis (WDEA) is used for eliminating the first limitation and similarly double frontier analysis is used to overcome the second limitation. The results show that proposed WDEA method with double frontier in comparison with traditional analysis, provides more accurate results.