An Extended Global Literature Review of Data Envelopment Analysis

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An Extended Global Literature Review of
Data Envelopment Analysis
J Sathyamurti1
, Dr. David Sam Jayakumar2
1
Ph.D. Research Scholar, 2
Associate Professor,
1,2
Jamal Institute of Management, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
ABSTRACT
The present bibliographic literature review is to study DEA for
two years 2020 and 2021 (upto August 2021). On examining the
articles on DEA models globally, 1166 articles have been gathered
for review. They are classified according to author, purpose of
research, country, methods and other outcomes and results. This
study common applications in agriculture, Banking, ecology,
education, environment, energy, power, industry, transportation,
service sector, product planning, maintenance, hotel industry,
supplier selection cum distribution and environmental factors.
Among all the applications, the second highest are in banking
sector. The big contributors are China, India, Iran Most of the
authors, precisely as many as, 988 have contributed single article
only while the maximum contribution of single author is nine by
Chia-Nan Wang from China. DEA continues to be preferred even
after its postulation forty years ago.
KEYWORDS: Data Envelopment analysis, systematic review,
banking, articles, global level, DEA
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1. INTRODUCTION
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been found
to be widely applied in various fields such as
agriculture, banking, ecology, education, energy,
environment, finance, Government entities, health
care, insurance, manufacturing, mining, power, real
estate, supplier selection, transportation, sport,
tourism, and water (Liu, Lu, Lu, & Lin, 2013).
DEA has become one of the prominent non-
parametric performance measurement approaches
to find out the efficiency scores of a set of
homogeneous decision-making units (DMUs) when
inputs and outputs are multiple (Emrouznejad &
Yang, 2018). After the postulation of DEA by
Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes, (1978) as based on
Farrell's (1957) study, more than 10,000 articles
have been published all over the world.
WWW.DEAZONE.COM has published
bibliography containing 10,670 articles and the
article of Reza Rostamzadeh (2021) reviewed the
articles on DEA upto February 2020. Thereafter
global coverage of DEA articles is a gap. Here an
attempt is made to review the DEA researches upto
August 2021. The study is a bibliographical
approach of review by its focus on 1166 articles
from 89 countries.
2. Global level review of articles on DEA
As many as 1166 articles are ,in total, gathered by
rejecting duplicates and unrelated on tracing in 1)
Research net-working sites like Academia,
Dimensions, Google Scholar, Publon, worldcat,
DOAJ 2) Research database like IEEE explore,
ERI/C, JSTOR, Proquest, Science direct and 3)
Journal finders like EBSCO, Emerald, Springer,
Taylor & Francis and Wiley. They are analysed for
its content to group them based on some parameters
like the author of the article, method used, objective
of the articles, page of articles, nature of
publications.
For the period from january 2020 to August 2021,
the maximum of nine articles are authorised by
single author viz., Chia-Nan Wang from China.
Next five each articles are authorised by three
researchers viz., Ioannis E. Tsolas, Pejman Peykani
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and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi. Four articles are by
Madjid Tavana from USA; three each articles are
by Amar Oukil and Asif Khan; two articles each by
73 articles; 988 articles are authorised each one by
988 researchers. Thus, in total, 1166 articles are the
research work of 1066 authors.
Figure 1. Publications based on number of articles by authors
A total of 89 countries published 1166 articles. The maximum of 241 articles are from China; 162 articles
from India; 130 articles from Iran. The list given below furnishes the research work of each nation. As many
as 30 countries produced only single article related to DEA.
Figure 2. 30 nations contributing each one article on DEA
Table 1. Contribution of articles on DEA published by 89 nations
country
Number of
articles
country
Number
of articles
country
Number
of articles
country
Number of
articles
Algeria 1 Finland 1 Mexico 4 Sri Lanka 1
Australia 2 France 4 Morocco 3 Sudan 1
Austria 2 Germany 10 Nepal 1 sweden 1
Bangladesh 6 Ghana 7 New Zealand 1 swiss 1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
30 nations contributing each one article on DEA
Algeria Belarus Benin Burkino faso Cameroon Costo rica
Denmark Ecuador Finland Hongkong Iraq Kenya
Lebanon Lithuania Macau Mangolia Mauritius Nepal
New Zealand Qatar singapore Sri Lanka Sudan sweden
swiss syria Uganda Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe
1
2
3 3
4
5 5 5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
988 72 Amar
Oukil
Asif Khan Madjid
Tavana
Ioannis E.
Tsolas
Pejman
Peykani
Toshiyuki
Sueyoshi
Chia-Nan
Wang
Authors wise publications

Belarus 1 Greece 16 Nigeria 4 syria 1
Belgium 2 Hongkong 1 Oman 5 Taiwan 39
Benin 1 Hungary 3 Pakistan 17 Tanzania 2
Brazil 34 India 162 Peru 5 Thailand 5
Bulgaria 2 Indonesia 28 Poland 14
The
netherlands
8
Burkino faso 1 Iran 130 Portugal 17 Tunisia 4
Cameroon 1 Iraq 1 Qatar 1 Turkey 44
Canada 6 Italy 19 Romania 3 UAE 3
Chile 5 Japan 12 Russia 6 Uganda 1
China 241 Jordon 3 South Africa 3 UK 10
Colombia 4 Kenya 1 saudi Arabia 6 Ukraine 4
Costo rica 1 Kazakhsthan 2 Serbia 8 US 42
Croatia 6 Lebanon 1 Singa pore 1 Uzbekistan 1
Cross
countries
13 Lithuania 1 Slovak 10 Vietnam 17
Czech 10 Macau 1 Slovenia 4 Zambia 1
Denmark 1 Macedonia 2 South Africa 5 Zimbabwe 1
Ecuador 1 Malaysia 27 South Asia 2
Egypt 7 Mangolia 1 South Korea 15
Etiopia 9 Mauritius 1 spain 53
Figure 3. Publications of 2 to 9 articles on DEA by 36 NATIONS
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5 5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6 7
7
8
8
9
79
Publications of DEA - 2 to 9 - by 36 NATIONS
Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Kazakhsthan Macedonia
South Asia Tanzania Hungary Jordon Morocco Romania
S Africa UAE Colombia France Mexico Nigeria
Slovenia Tunisia Ukraine Chile Oman Peru
South Africa Thailand Bangladesh Canada Croatia Russia
saudi Arabia Egypt Ghana serbia The netherlands Etiopia

Figure 4. Publications on DEA 10 and more by 23 nations
The number of pages contained by articles ranged from the minimum of three pages to the maximum of 88
pages. The 88 page article is a review article from Chile by Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, LidiaAngulo-Meza,
Marcela C.González-Araya, AlfredoIriarte while the three page article is from France by Matthieu
Belarouci. There are three dissertations also analysed and their pages are more than hundred (viz., 170,255
and 361).
Figure 5 Publications on the basis of number of pages of articles
10
10
10
10
12
13
14
15 16
17
17
17
19
27
28
34
39
42
44
53
130
162
241
745
Publications on DEA 10 and more by 23 nations
Czech Germany slovak UK Japan
Cross countries Poland South Korea Greece Pakistan
Portugal Vietnam Italy Malaysia Indonesia
Brazil Taiwan US Turkey spain
Iran India China
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32 33
34
35
36
37
38
40
41
42
43
44
45
47
48
49
50
51
52 54 55
56
57
58
60
66
72
88
1037
Page wise publication on DEA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

The areas analysed are agriculture, banking, carbon emission, ecology, environment, education, health,
humanity, Industry (including engineering), local bodies like municipalities – area from cities to nations),
securities like insurance, stock, etc., transport and reviews.
Table 2. Number of articles in 13 areas of analysis
Agriculture 117 ecology 35 local body 70
Banking 149 education 39 securities 43
carbon 12 health 133 review 46
concept 63 humanity 24 transport 64
industry 382
Figure 6. Publications based on area of analysis
In the case of journals, as many as 426 articles are published each one by 426 journals and maximum of 86
are published by single journal viz., sustainability. There are ten journals each published more than ten
articles and they are as below.
Table 3. Number of articles by 12 journals with more than 10 articles
No. of articles Name of the Journals
11 Socio-economic planning sciences
11 Research square
13 Annals of operations research
13 Expert systems with applications
16 Mathematical problems in Engineering
17 Mathematics
22 Environmental science and pollution
23 European journal of Operational research
27 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
33 Energies
33 PLOS ONE
86 Sustainability
Agri
10%
Banking
13%
Carbon
1%
Concept
5%
Ecology
3%
Education
3%
Health
11%
Humanity
2%
Industry
33%
Localbody
6%
Securities
4%
Review
4%
transport
5%
Area analysed using DEA

Figure 7. Publications on the basis of journals
The following of table enlists the number of issues of1166 journals. It includes three dissertations each with
more than 100 pages.
Table 4. Number of articles based on the publishing journals
Journals No of articles Journals
No of
articles
Journals
No of
articles
Journals
No of
articles
420 1 7 6 1 12 1 23
60 2 4 7 1 13 1 27
24 3 4 8 1 16 2 33
13 4 4 9 1 17 1 86
12 5 2 11 1 22 3 >100
Figure 8. DEA journals on the basis of number of issues
Among the publishers and data bases, MDPI stood top with 238 articles.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Research square
Annals of operations research
Expert systems with application
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Mathematics
Environmental science and pollution
European journal of Operational research
International Journal of Environmental…
PLOS ONE
Energies
Sustainability
11
11
13
13
16
17
22
23
27
33
33
86
Journals on DEA
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
DEA journals on the bsis of number of issues
Series1 Series2

Table 5. Details of publishers with publications of more than ten articles
Name of the Publishers/Database Number of articles
Inderscience 12
Research square 13
SAGE 15
PLOS ONE 33
Hindawi 35
sciencedirect 35
Wiley online library 42
Emerald 45
Taylor&Francis 45
ELSEVIER 132
springer nature 171
MDPI 238
162 articles are published by 49 publishers while 188 publishers published one article each on DEA during
this review period.
Figure 9. Publications with reference to publishers and website database
Out of 1166 articles, 564 are published in the year 2020 and the balance of 602 are in 2021 (till August
2021). In these, various methods are adopted by the researchers. The approach with single analytical method
by choosing either Data envelopment analysis or Stochastic frontier analysis or Analytical Hierarchy
Process is found in 484 researches. In other cases of 682, new approaches and/or combination of methods
have been attempted to evaluate the efficiency. The data used in some researches are inverse type, uncertain
type, fuzzy type. In 406 researches, the methods are repeated and hence the details of 152 researches of 2020
and 124 of 2021 are considered for furnishing the methods followed in analysis.
For the year 2020, the number of researches published with 160 different methods are furnished below.
Inderscience
1%Research square
2%
SAGE
2%PLOS ONE
4%Hindawi
4% Sciencedirect
4%
Wiley
5%
Emerald
6%
Taylor&Francis
6%
ELSEVIER
16%
Springer
21%
MDPI
29%
Publishcations on DEA based on publishers
Inderscience Research square SAGE PLOS ONE
Hindawi Sciencedirect Wiley Emerald
Taylor&Francis ELSEVIER Springer MDPI

Table 6: Models in 2020
Aggregate directional distance function (DDF
Machine Learning + Decision Tree + Random
Forest + Neural Networks
Analytical hierarchical process (AHP) combined
with Best Worst Method (BWM)
Maximum likelihood estimate of the Cobb-
Douglas cost function
Analytical hierarchical process (AHP), single-stage
input-oriented CCR DEA, VIKOR and MPI
Fuzzy data DEA
Graph theory and matrix approach (GTMA)
Game cross-efficiency model, Theil index; Gini
index,
SF TOPSIS–DEMATEL GARCH-MIDAS Model
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation method
Generalized method of moments (GMM) and
Dynamic threshold model
ANOVA with SFA
Generalized true random effects stochastic
frontier analysis
ARAS model of DEA Goal programming model
ARDL Autoregressive distributed lag and Vector
error correction (VECM)
Grey-holistic technique
ARDL DEA PMG Grey-MOORA-FMF
Augmented Gravity Model Halo + Hot deck -DEA method
Baseline analysis and Robustness tests
Hierarchy stochastic multi-objective acceptability
analysis (HSMAA)
RDM model
IF BCC (IFBCC) and an IF super efficiency BCC
(IFSEBCC) model
Bi-level programming (BLP) - a nested optimization
problem
IF TIN
BLISA model and Geographically and Temporally
Weighted Regression (GTWR) model
Impotred method MAN DEA
BSC DEA and grey relational analysis Interval DEA and Interval Entrophy
LMDI method (Log-Mean Divisia Index), STIRPAT
Model (Stochastic Impacts by Regression on
Population, Affluence and Technology)
Interval-modified slack-based measure (IMSBM)
model
Computable General Equilibrium MODEL
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Network Data Envelopment
Analysis Models
Cloud Model Logical Linguistic Models
Cluster Analysis
Machine Learning + Decision Tree + Random
Forest + Neural Networks
Meta-frontier methodological proposal
Maximum likelihood estimate of the Cobb-
Douglas cost function
Ward’s method for spatial diversity
MCGDM approach combining intuitionistic
fuzzy sets (IFSs) and the Characteristic Object
Method (COMET)
Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production
function
MDM- maximum deviation method and IEM
improved information entropy method
p-robust technique Meta-cost frontier
fuzzy credibility constrained programming
Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood
Estimation of Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Common set of weights Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)
Composite indicator approach Triangular single-valued neutrosophic numbers
Multi-criteria decision analysis Principal component analysis (PCA)
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) + Structural
Equation Model (SEM)
MSCFLP-DEA and SSCFLPDEA Models
COPRAS (Complex Proportional Assessment)
method and SWARA (Step-wise Weight Assessment
Ratio Analysis) approach
Sensitivity analysis, Multiple Data Envelopment
Analysis (M-DEA)

CRITIC-TOPSIS and CRITIC-GRA Nerlovian profit inefficiency (NPIE)
Regression Tree (RT)
Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR)
Model
Panzar-Rosse and H-statistics model Network Slack-Based DEA model
Parallel algorithms
Neutrosophic DEA model with undesirable
outputs (SVNBCC-UO)
Conditional Mixed-process (CMP) Non-convex meta-frontier model
Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (FANP) Optimal Pollution Control Model
Inverted data envelopment analysis (inverted-DEA) Order m approach
Optimal Control Theory (OCT) Systematic Gaussian Mixed Model (GMM)
Range adjusted measure (RAM)
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews
and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
Second stage regression
Associated Multi-objective Optimization
Problem
Window DEA Random Parameter Binary Probit (RPBP) model
Directional Distance Function approach Reduced superefficient SBM models
Concept of Rough Sets Regression Tree Analysis
Tobit regression analysis Revised dynamic DEA model
Double Bootstrap Approach in a Principal
Component Regression
Robust data envelopment analysis (RDEA)
method
Multivariate analysis
Robust mean-semi variance- liquidity (RMSVL)
+ robust mean-absolute deviation-liquidity
(RMADL) models
Non-radial enhanced Russell measure
Sample selection stochastic production frontier
model
Ordered weighted averaging (OWA) SBM undesirable DEA
Weighted Russell directional distance model
Semi-Oriented Radial Measure (SORM) DEA
model
Decision tree (DT) analysis Entropy Evaluation Method
Evaluation based on distance from average solution
(EDAS) method
Simar and Wilson’s two-stage approach
Decision making trail and evaluation laboratory
(DEMATEL) method
Simple Envelopment Model (SEM) of DEA
Dickey–Fuller generalised least square (DF-GLS)
test, E-G co-integration test, Granger Causality Test
+ Spatial Autocorrelation Test + DEA Coordination
Model for the Varied-Freight Model
Slack-based measure of Dynamic network Data
Envelopment Analysis model (DNSBM)
Discriminant Analysis DEA
Smoothed heterogeneous bootstrapping
procedures
Dynamic data envelopment analysis (DDEA) and
inverse DDEA (IDDEA)
Spherical fuzzy extension of DEMATEL (SF‐
DEMATEL)
Dynamic Network Data Envelopment Analysis
STIRPAT (stochastic impacts by regression on
population, affluence, and technology) model
Coupling coordination degree model Super efficiency DEA-SBM Model
Exploratory spatial data analysis Common Set Weights model (CSW-DEA)
Envelopment network model Super SBM DEA
Exploratory Data Analytics (EDA)
Super undesirable dynamic Slacks-Based
Measures
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
Taguchi–Grey analysis-based criteria decision
making
Intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid weighted Euclidean
distance operator, and Potentially All Pairwise
Rankings of all possible Alternatives (PAPRIKA)
Elimination et Choix Traduisant la Realité
(ELECTRE) and Cross-Efficiency (CE)
fuzzy additive ratio assessment (FARAS) Triple difference model (DDD)

Financial ratios analysis and efficient frontier
analysis
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)method
generated simulations
Feasible Generalized Least Squares Regression
(FGLS)
Three-stage chain network SBM (slack-based
measure) model
Four-stage DEA approach Three-Stage Network Bootstrap DEA
Generalized method of moments (GMM) and
Dynamic threshold model
Time-Dependent Efficiency Measures
Generalized true random effects stochastic frontier
analysis
Convergence Methodology: The Phillips and Sul
(2007) Approach
Goal programming model Trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number; TrIFN
Grey-holistic technique
Trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy transportation
problem is converted to a parametric
transportation problem
Grey-MOORA-FMF Two Divisional Network DEA
Halo + Hot deck -DEA method
2 fuzzy sets (GIT2FSs) + ELECTRE III
(ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la Realite´—
elimination and choice translation reality)
Hierarchy stochastic multi-objective acceptability
analysis (HSMAA)
Unconditional and conditional estimators of the
DEA model
IF BCC (IFBCC) and an IF super efficiency BCC
(IFSEBCC) model
Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) +
Vector Autoregression (VAR) Model
IF TIN VIKOR technique
Imported method MAN DEA
Weighted Aggregated Sum-Product Assessment
(WASPAS)
Interval DEA and Interval Entrophy
Weighted additive data envelopment analysis
(DEA)
Interval-modified slack-based measure (IMSBM)
model
Weighted Russell directional distance model
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Network Data Envelopment
Analysis Models
Weighted Stochastic Imprecise DEA
Logical Linguistic Models ε-KAM method
For 2021, 117 models attempted are given below.
Table 7: Models in the year 2021
2 stage model Geometric Distance functions,
2 system SBM DNDEA
GIS analysis, SWOT analysis, BEM method,
and PROMETHEE II method
3 stage model Model with Neutrosophic Numbers
5 S method (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize,
Sustain)
Imprecise DEA-based CIs and fuzzy DEA-
based Cis
Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS)
DEA
InDEA model introduced by Hadi-Vencheh
and Foroughi
Adjustable Fuzzy Chance-Constrained Network DEA Interval fuzzy DEA
Hesitant fuzzy linguistic terms (HFLTS)
Interval programming and robust optimisation
DEA
TOPSIS
Kernel density estimation DEA and Moran’s
Ⅰ analysis
Fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity
to ideal solution (FTOPSIS)
Latent Class Analysis (LCA)
FAHP longitutinal DEA
Andersen and Petersen’s super-efficiency DEA Malmquist–Luenberger index (MLI)
ANN with ML and ESL Meta frontier DEA
Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Bargaining game thought
DEA
Morkovian DEA

Best worst method DEA MRAM DEA
Bilateral DEA Network data envelopment analysis (NDEA)
Bipolar picture fuzzy set (BPFS) as a hybrid structure
of bipolar fuzzy set (BFS) and picture fuzzy set (PFS)
Network dynamic DEA
Cobb–Douglas production function Spatial impact research
Composite index Neuroscience DEA
Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag (QARDL)
methods
Non discretionary DEA
Configurational approach Non-Archimedean epsilon DEA
Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) Non-oriented dynamic SBM DEA
Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production
function approach
Novel Slack-Based Data Envelopment
Analysis
Continuous distribution dynamics approach
Optimal weighted cross-evaluation efficiency
(OWCE)
Boosted Tree (BT), Random Forest (RF) and Logistic
Regression (LR)
P graph integrated DEA
linear transformation form of Cobb- Douglas
production function
Panel data method DEA
Cross efficiency framework DEA Panel data regression models
Structural equation modelling (SEM) Parallel mediating effect (PME) DEA
Sequential Exclusion of Alternatives methods Pentagonal neutrosophic (PN) approach
Artificial Neural Network Approach Probabilistic Linguistic Term set DEA
SVAR (structural vector autoregressive) and
regression methods
PROMETHEE-GAIA method
Network Equilibrium Model
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) + Fuzzy
Analytical Network Process (FANP)
Parabolic Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers (PIFNs)
Resample Slacks‐Based Measure + Merger
Potential Gains model
interactive web deaR Shiny Robust cross efficiency DEA
Models without explicit inputs Russell DEA
Pabon Lasso model SBM network DEA
Debreu–Farrell (DF) productivity SBM SE DEA
MABAC-OCRA-TOPSIS-VIKOR (MOTV) methods
SBSC and IFAHP Approach, Second stage
network DEA model
Super-efficiency approach Sequential DEA
Free Disposal Hull SNA DEA
Double bootstrap procedure of Simar and Wilson Social network DEA
Five ML models and Six ensemble models (linear
regression, LASSO, Light GBM, random forest and
XGBoost)
Stochastic DEA
Simar and Wilson’s guidelines Shepard’s energy distance function
MOSPP with fuzzy parameters (FMOSPP) Stochastic output distance
EFQM-Fuzzy Network DEA
Superefficient undesirable-output slack-based
measure DEA (SeUo-SBM-DEA) model
Entrophy weight cloud model SWOT-AHP approach
Entropy weight method Taguchi method DEA
Fixed-sum undesirable output DEA Propensity score matching
Fully fuzzy linear fractional programming problem
Third Degree Stochastic Dominance Criteria
DEA
Fuzzy VIKOR (Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija
Kompromisno Resenje)
Tolerance model
Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchical Process
Trapezoidal fuzzy Best Worst Analytic
Hierarchy - trapezoidal fuzzy BWM +
Trapezoidal fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process

(AHP)
fuzzy cross efficiency DEA Trapezoidal Type-2 Fuzzy AHP Method
Fuzzy ideal DMU (FIDMU) and fuzzy anti-ideal
DMU (FADMU)
Two-stage common weight DEA-Based
approach
Fuzzy logic approach Two-Stage IFDEA Model
Fuzzy non radial DEA uncertain DEA
Fuzzy risk assessment DEA Uncertain SBM data envelopment analysis
Fuzzy Slacks Based Measure (SBM) DEA Model
Undesirable factors and marginal rates of
substitution DEA
Fuzzy Stochastic DEA Z AHP DEA
Generalized Linear Models Zero sum gains DEA (ZSG DEA)
Genetic programming approach Geometric Distance functions,
Table 8: Details of software (Commercial)
SL No Software’s name Source
1
Data envelopment analysis On
Line (DEAOS)
http:// www. deaos. com
2 PIM-DEA
http:// www. deasoftware. co. uk/ About Developers. Asp
and http:// www. dea- analysis. Com
3 DEA Solver-Pro 4.0
http:// www. saitech-inc. com/ products/ prod- dsp. asp
SAITECH, Inc., 1 Bethany Road, Hazlet, NJ 07330
4 MaxDEA http:// www. maxdea. Cn
5
Frontier Analyst, version 3.1.5
and 4
www.banxia.com
Banxia Software Ltd. P.O. Box 134, Kendal, LA9 4TP, UK
6 OnFront, version 2.02
www.emq.com
EMQ AB, Box 2134, SE-220 02 Lund, Sweden;
7 Warwick DEA
https://
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/subjects/orms/research/areas/dea/
Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Aston Business School, University
of Aston, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
8 DEA software online output https:// onlineoutput. com/ deasoftware/
9 IDEAS https:// www. softwareideas. Net
10
DEA Analysis Professional
(formerly KonSi Data
Envelopment Analysis DEA)
5.1
https://www.softpedia.com/get/others/finance-
business/KonSi-Data-Envelopment-Analysis-DEA.shtml
Table 9: Details of software (Non commercial)
SL No Software’s name Source
1 DEAFrontier
http:// www. deafrontier. Net
Joe Zhu, Department of Management, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worchester, MA 01609
2 DEAP 2.1
http:// www. owlnet.rice.edu/~econ380/ DEAP. PDF
Tim Coelli, CEPA, School of Economics, University of
Queensland, Brisbane Australia
3
EMS: Efficiency Measurement
System, version 1.3
https:// www. holger-scheel.de/ems/
Holger Scheel, Operations Research und
Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität Dortmund, D-44221
Dortmund, Germany
4
Generalized Algebric
Modeling System (GAMS)
40.1.0 / 1 August 2022
https://www. gams.com/download/
5 pyDEA https:// pypi.org/project/pyDEA/
6 Qhull http:// www. qhull. org/ download
7 SAS/OR https:// www. sas.com/ en_in/home.html

3. Visualization of similarities by mapping through VOSviewer
The bibliographic map clusters the documents, Sources, Authors, Organisations and countries. The common
colours used to differentiate the clusters are red, green, blue, purple. In green, the two different types are
dark green and yellowish green. In blue, two different types namely dark blue and light blue are used.
I. Bibliographic map created with CSV file containing details of DEA articles in the year 2020
and 2021.
The bibliographic map above with red colours has items Simar and Wilson in labelled circle while with
green colour the items labelled are Kumar as well as Khan and in red colour, the same is Grosskopf and in
purple colour it is Chiang. The document co-occurred is European journal. The topic co-occurred is health in
red coloured cluster while it is energy intensity industry in blue coloured cluster. Transaction, assessment
and process are common terms co-occurred in green labelled cluster. In light blue, the country Iran finds its
place as a co-occurring term.
II. Bibliographic map created with CSV file containing details of DEA articles in the year 2020
and 2021.

The co-occurred items are Wilson, Nelson, Smith, Elizabeth (in yellowish green), Takahashi , Cohen,
Susan,Wagner (in red colour), Tanaka, Agarwal, Yuen, Stephan (in blue colour), Mohamed, Jenpal, Khan,
Mostafa (in Green clour). The co-occurred items are international, system, research, chemistry (in green
color), study, risk, data, database, participant, evidence in yellowish green. The red and blue coloured are
more labels with author’s names.
III. Bibliographic map created with CSV file containing details of 350 DEA articles in the year
2020 and 2021
The red coloured cluster is with big labels bearing items Simar, Wilson, Grosskopf, Zylenyuk, Wanke, Cui,
Ruiz,health, European journal. The green cluster is with Kim, Joseph, Michael, Christian. The blue colour is
with Mohamed, Khan, Sharma and loss prevention. The labels in pale green colour cluster is with china,
energy and Boquaing. The purple cluster is with labels having terms Singh, Rafiee, Mohammadi.
IV. Bibliographic map created with CSV file containing details of DEA articles published in the
year 2020 and 2021
The purple coloured cluster is with big labels containing items United states, Smith, Moss. The red coloured
cluster is having labels bearing co-occurred items Andrew, James and Martin. In green labelled cluster, the
co-occurred items are Reza, Charnes, Marques, Kaoru, Kannan. In blue coloured cluster, the co-occurred
items are Muhammad, Abbas, Mohsin. In pale green, Rafiee and energy are co-occurred items.

V. Item density visualization for the bibliography IV. This figure by default has three colours
namely blue, green and yellow. The item density is low in blue and increases in green and total
strength is seen in yellow. Here the network visualization is not seen as this is only to show the
density of items.
4. Conclusion
The earlier review made with global perspective
has covered the period upto February 2020 and
thereafter 46 reviews have come and all these
focused on particular aspect in DEA and so the
authors here attempted to cover the publications for
the period of entire 2020 and eight months in 2021.
This is made easy by the searches in open access
databases by which 1166 articles are collected for
analysis. The publications in 2021 upto August
itself outnumbered the total number in entire 2020.
This will be a handy journal covering the
contributions of authors, nations, the methods and
some details of the contents of the articles. The
major contributing country is china followed by
India and Iran. Among authors, journals the major
contributors are Chia Nan Wang and Sustainability
respectively. Among publishers, MDPI published
highest number of 238 equalling to 29 %. The
methods adopted in researches are so many that it
cannot be precisely grouped albeit the basic
methods are DEA, MPI, SFA, AHP are common
along with other methods which the researchers
choose to fit for the best result. The future of the
research in Data Envelopment is progressing with
fuzzy data and suitable combination of MCDM
with DEA.
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& Soltani, Z. (2021). Application of DEA in
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