Socio-Economic Planning Sciences: Special issue on DEA in the Public Sector

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
The International Journal of Public Sector Decision-Making

Special issue on
Data Envelopment Analysis in the Public Sector

Guest editors:
Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, USA, banker@temple.edu
Ali Emrouznejad, Aston Business School, Aston University , Birmingham, UK, a.emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk
Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, analopes.ufmg@gmail.com
Mariana Rodrigues de Almeida, The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil, almeidamariana@yahoo.com

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Socio-Economic Planning Sciences will publish a special issue on data envelopment analysis (DEA) in the public sector. The goal of this special issue is to compile state-of-the art research, spanning modelling, theory, empirical studies, application and case studies in this emerging and rich important research area. We seek contributions that are rigorously executed, clearly and succinctly written, and innovative relative to what is currently known. In light of the scope of SEPS, all papers must clearly demonstrate the relevance of their contributions with respect to the public sector.

The focus of the special issue is on the development of the DEA methodology and its applications to performance management in all segments of the public sector. Note that straightforward applications of DEA and pure methodology papers that do not show relevance to the public sector would be out of the scope of the journal.

While this special issue is devoted for best papers presented in the DEA2012 conference, it is also open to authors not presenting at this conference.

Manuscript Preparation
Please refer to the Journal Information and Author Guidelines for additional information on manuscript preparation at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/317/authorinstructions

All manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/seps/, when submitting the manuscript please select the article type “Special issue – DEA in the public Sector”.

Important Dates

15 January 2013          : Submission Deadline
(early submission recommended, referee process starts once the paper received, accepted papers will be published individually online as they are accepted)
31 May 2013                : Notification of status & acceptance of paper
31 July 2013                : Revised manuscripts
30 September 2013    : Final version of paper
                          2014       : Anticipated print publication

Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Reviewing
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed in the same manner as any other submission to a leading international journal. The major acceptance criterion for a submission is the quality and originality of the contribution.

 

DEAJ Special issue for DEA2012

The Data Envelopment Analysis Journal
Special issue on:
Theory and Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis
drawn from the best papers presented at the DEA2012 conference

Editor-in-chief:
Rajiv Banker (Temple University)

Senior editors:
Ali Emrouznejad (Aston University)
Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto)
Subhash Ray (University of Connecticut)
Lawrence Seiford (University of Michigan)
Emmanuel  Thanassoulis  (Aston  University)

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The Data Envelopment Analysis Journal, the official journal of the International Data Envelopment Analysis Society, publishes theoretical and applied research advancing the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a methodology for improving organizational performance. The journal’s aim is to provide a channel for communication of new ideas and new insights about the design and use of DEA models.

The journal has a broad scope spanning all areas of analytical and empirical research related to the theory and practice of DEA. It draws on methods from management science, operations research, economics, statistics and other related disciplines. The journal publishes articles on new or improved models for DEA and computational techniques to analyze those models more efficiently. The journal also publishes applications of DEA models in novel ways, and is particularly interested in actual implementation of DEA in organizations. Articles on DEA applications draw on related themes from social and organizational sciences and various functional disciplines in business and management.

This special issue is devoted to the best papers presented at the DEA2012 conference in Natal, Brazil.

Manuscript Preparation

Please refer to the Journal website at http://www.DEAJournal.com for Author Guidelines and additional information on manuscript preparation.  All manuscripts should be submitted online at https://editorialexpress.com/deaj. When submitting the manuscript please mark it as “DEA2012- Special Issue”.

Important Dates

15 January 2013    : Submission Deadline
15 July 2013            : Notification of review outcome
15 October 2013      : Revised manuscripts resubmitted for review
15 December 2013          : Notification of acceptance or rejection of paper
15 January 2014       : Final version of paper submitted

OR Society DEA Course – One day training, Birmingham, UK, 21st May 2012

Please note this year one day course was on 21st May 2012, and it is over now.

For the next year one day course plesae see http://deazone.com/en/course/course-orsdea-2013

DEA2012: 10th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, Natal, Brazil, August 27 to 30, 2012

10th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, Natal, Brazil, August 27 to 30, 2012, see detials at: http://www.deasociety.org/dea2012/

DEA2011

Fuzzy DEA book: Call for book chapter proposals

The field of performance measurement with fuzzy and imprecise data is continuing to grow. Linear programming in general and Data Envelopment Analysis in particular have always played a vital role in measuring efficiency and productivity of Decision Making Units. Today, the observed values of the input and output data in many real-world problems are imprecise or vague. Soft computing techniques including fuzzy sets have shown tremendous potential in dealing with imprecise, vague and uncertain data.

We have taken the initiative to edit the book on “Performance Measurement with Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis“. This book aims at providing a collection of recent and state-of-the-art contributions on this emerging topic, and will be published in the international series of “Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing” (Springer-Verlag).

We wish to invite you to contribute to this edited book. We hope that you will be able to accept our invitation. At this stage, we invite you to submit [by June 30, 2012] a 1-2 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the goals and objectives of your proposed chapter.

Selection process and timeline

Since timeliness is crucial to the success of this editorial project, we would assume the following schedule:

Chapter proposals June 30, 2012
Decisions from editors July 31, 2012
Full submission of chapters September 30, 2012
Feedback of reviews November 30, 2012
Revised chapter submission January 31, 2013
Final acceptance notifications February 28, 2013

 

For further details please see: http://deazone.com/en/fuzzy-dea-book 

A call for proposals is available at http://deazone.com/fuzzy-dea-book/chapter-proposal.pdf  if you wish to share it with colleagues.

DEA book 2012: Call for book chapter proposals

Call for chapter proposals for a book entitled

 Strategic Measurement and Management Performance using Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory and Applications

 

Editors:

Ibrahim H. Osman, American University of
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, io00@aub.edu.lb

Abdel Latef Anouze, American University of
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, aa153@aub.edu.lb

Ali Emrouznejad, Aston Business School, Aston
University, UK, a.emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk

 

Publisher: IGI Global

 

We would like to invite you to submit a short abstract on your intended book
chapter to be published in the above edited book. The abstract should not
exceed one page highlighting the main contributions in terms of:

 1. Domain: specifies the real application domain and a clear statement of the investigated issue. 

 2. Novelty and Contributions: provide clear statements on the advancement of knowledge in the theory and real-life applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). 

 3.      Strategic and Policy Implications: provide statements on the impact of the DEA results on the management practices, implications on the decision making process and values of DEA methodology to the society. 

 

Selection process

The book editorial team will conduct a quick review of the submitted abstracts in order to invite the authors of the most relevant abstracts to submit by April 30th their full chapters for processing according to the following schedule:

 

Chapter proposals

April 30, 2012

Decisions from editors

May 15, 2012

Full submission of chapters

June 15, 2012

Feedback of reviews

June 30, 2012

Revised chapter submission

July 30, 2012

Final acceptance notifications

August 15, 2012

 

Further details on the call for chapters are available on IGI Global: http://bit.ly/yOdu2h

A call for proposals is available at http://deazone.com/deabook2012/chapter-proposal.pdf  if you wish to share it with colleagues.

Fuzzy DEA session in the10th International FLINS Conference on Uncertainty Modeling in Knowledge Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey on August 26-29, 2012

Call for Paper

Special session: FUZZY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to issue the Call for Papers for a special session at the 10th International FLINS Conference on Uncertainty Modeling in Knowledge Engineering and Decision Making (FLINS 2012) which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 26-29, 2012. You are warmly invited to submit your original and unpublished research papers for possible inclusion on the topics related to fuzzy data envelopment analysis and its applications. For more information on the dates and this session, please see either the following web site or attached file:
http://www.flins2012.itu.edu.tr/special_session17.html

If  you  have  any questions about paper submission or this special session, please contact the organizer at adel.hatamimarbini@uclouvain.be

Best regards,

Adel Hatami-Marbini,
Louvain School of Management
Center of Operations Research and Econometrics(CORE) Universite Catholique de Louvain
34 Voie du Roman Pays L1.03.01, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

4th, HAWEPA, July 16-17, 2012 in Halle (Saale), Germany

Dear colleague

We have the pleasure to announce the 4th Halle Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (HAWEPA) on ” Issues in dynamic efficiency analysis ” to be held on July 16-17, 2012 in Halle (Saale), Germany. The workshop is organised by IAMO (Liebniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central Europe) and IWH (Halle Institute for Economic Research). The keynote address will be provided by Spirou Stefanou (Pennsylvania State University) on dynamic efficiency measurement and its application in applied research.

We would be very happy if you would consider submitting an extended abstract to the workshop. The program provides possibilities for contributed papers and posters. Deadline for abstract submission is May 10, 2012.

Contributions dealing with theoretical developments and empirical application from economics, agricultural economics, management science, operations research and related fields are welcome. Please have a look at the attached Call for Abstracts for more details. Website : http://www.iamo.de/nc/iamo/veranstaltungen/workshops/hawepa-2012/objective.html

 

Please, do not hesitate to disseminate this information further to anyone potentially interested.

 

We are looking forward to seeing you in Halle.

 

Best regards,

 

Heinrich Hockmann

Peter Haug

 

(Organising Committee )

DEA session-ROADEF 2012, Angers, France, on April 11-13, 2012

ROADEF 2012 is the 13th congress of the French National Society of Operations Research and Decision Science, which will be organized by the Institute of Applied Mathematics at the Catholic University of the West in the heart of Angers.

ROADEF 2012 will be held in Angers, France, on April 11-13, 2012. For more information about the dates and sessions please see the following web site:
http://roadef2012.ima.uco.fr/index.htm

During the conference, “Data Envelopment Analysis” session will be held. All the researchers working on the field are invited to participate in the session and present their papers. Please submit the title and abstracts based on the instructions in the following web site:
http://roadef2012.ima.uco.fr/submissionsEng.htm

Best Regards,
Dr. A. Davoodi
Organizer of DEA session

Zou P and C-m Li (2002). “Research of Group Decision Support Method Based on DEA Model.” Control and Decision 17(6): 944-947.

Zou P and C-m Li (2002). “Research of Group Decision Support Method Based on DEA Model.” Control and Decision 17(6): 944-947.