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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Measuring Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms with Imprecise Data: A Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Autores:  Mugera, Amin W.
Data:  2011-04-28
Ano:  2011
Palavras-chave:  Fuzzy set theory
Data Envelopment Analysis
Membership function
Α-cut level
Technical efficiency
Farm Management
Production Economics
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Risk and Uncertainty
D24
Q12
C02
C44
C61
Resumo:  This article integrates fuzzy set theory in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework to compute technical efficiency scores when input and output data are imprecise. The underlying assumption in convectional DEA is that inputs and outputs data are measured with precision. However, production agriculture takes place in an uncertain environment and, in some situations, input and output data may be imprecise. We present an approach of measuring efficiency when data is known to lie within specified intervals and empirically illustrate this approach using a group of 34 dairy producers in Pennsylvania. Compared to the convectional DEA scores that are point estimates, the computed fuzzy efficiency scores allow the decision maker to trace the performance of a decision-making unit at different possibility levels.
Tipo:  Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://purl.umn.edu/103251
Relação:  Agricultural and Applied Economics Association>2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Formato:  30
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