Analyzing efficiency of decision-making units in data envelopment analysis

Abstract

A variety of irrigation management systems are evaluated using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to see which one is the most cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible. Accordingly, an irrigation management project report serves as the basis for the comparison of different ranks in MCDM and DEA. There are DEA approaches termed CCR, BCC, and RCCR that use criterion weights integrated with the inclusion of assurance areas to increase the analysis' discriminating power and reach the ranking of strategies. The findings show that DEA is a good alternative or supplement to MCDM, and including management preferences into the DEA methodology yields comparable outcomes to MCDM procedures.