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Marra M., A. Emrouznejad. W. Ho and J.S. Edwards (2015), The value of indirect ties in citation networks: SNA analysis with OWA operator weights, Information Sciences, 314 (2015) 135. This paper seeks to advance the theory and practice of the dynamics of complex networks in relation to direct and indirect citations. It applies social network …

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Gholami R., D. A.Higón, A. Emrouznejad (2015), “Hospital Performance: Efficiency or Quality? Can we have both with IT?,” Expert Systems with Applications, 42 (12) 5390–5400. The influence of IT investment on hospital efficiency and quality are of great interest to healthcare executives as well as insurers. Few studies have examined how IT investments influence both …

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Arabi, B., S. Munisamy and A. Emrouznejad (2015), “A new Slacks-Based Measure of Malmquist-Luenberger Index in the Presence of Undesirable Outputs,” OMEGA, 51:29-37. In the majority of production processes, noticeable amounts of bad byproducts or bad outputs are produced. The negative effects of the bad outputs on efficiency cannot be handled by the standard Malmquist …

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Osman, I. H., A. L. Anouze and A. Emrouznejad (2015). Handbook of Research on Strategic Performance Management and Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis. IGI Global, USA, ISBN: 978-1-4666-4474-8. [ Download1 or   Download2 ]

Emrouznejad A. and E. Thanassoulis (2015).  Introduction to Performance Improvement Management Software (PIM-DEA), in Osman et al. (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Strategic Performance Management and Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis: 256-275. IGI Global, USA.  This chapter provides information on the use of Performance Improvement Management Software (PIM-DEA[1]). This advanced DEA software enables you to …

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Emrouznejad A. and E. Cabanda (2015).  Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis and its applications, in  Osman et al. (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Strategic Performance Management and Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis: 235-255. IGI Global, USA.  This chapter provides the theoretical foundation and background on data envelopment analysis (DEA) method and some variants of basic …

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Emrouznejad, A. R. Banker, A.L.M Lopes, M. R. de Almeida (2014) “Data Envelopment Analysis in the Public Sector”. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 48 (1): 2-3. Since its introduction in 1978, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has become one of the preeminent non-parametric methods for measuring efficiency and productivity of Decision Making Units (DMUs). DEA models are now …

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Matin, R. K., G.R. Amin and A. Emrouznejad (2014), A Modified Semi-Oriented Radial Measure for target setting with negative data, Measurement 54: 152–158. Over the last few years Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been gaining increasing popularity as a tool for measuring efficiency and productivity of Decision Making Units (DMUs). Conventional DEA models assume non-negative …

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Gattoufi S., G. R. Amin, A. Emrouznejad (2014). “A new inverse DEA method for merging banks.” IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 25: 73–87. This study suggests a novel application of Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis (InvDEA) in strategic decision making about mergers and acquisitions in banking. The conventional DEA assesses the efficiency of banks based on the information …

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Emrouznejad, A. and M. Marra (2014) Ordered Weighted Averaging Operators 1988–2014: A Citation-Based Literature Survey, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 29 (11): 994–1014. DOI 10.1002/int.21673. This study surveys the Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator literature using a citation network analysis. The main goals are the historical reconstruction of scientific development of the OWA field, the …

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