Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox is a package for MATLAB that includes functions to calculate efficiency and productivity measures. The package covers the radially oriented, directional, additive, allocative, Malmquist índices and Malmquist-Luenberger formulations.
Download
Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox and a paper in the Journal of Statistical Software explaining how it works, together with a replication file and data, are available to download from the Journal of Statistical software website:
https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v095i03
GibHub:
The source code and all the examples are also available to download from the following repository on GitHub:
https://github.com/javierbarbero/DEAMATLAB
Authors
Inmaculada C. Álvarez, Javier Barbero, José L. Zofío
How to cite
Please, cite Data Envelopment Toolbox as Toolbox as:
Álvarez, Inmaculada C.; Barbero, Javier and Zofío, José L, (2020) A Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox for MATLAB. Journal of Statistical Software. Volume 95, Issue 3, pp 1-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v095.i03
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
What is Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox?
Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox is a package for MATLAB that allows to calculate DEA models.
Is it free to use Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox?
Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox is free to use, but if you use it please acknowledge
the hard work behind it, and cite it as reference. See “How to cite“.
Which DEA models are available in Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox?Basic
- Basic DEA models to compute efficiency:
- Radial input and output oriented.
- Directional model.
- Additive model.
- Super-efficiency model.
- Constant and variables returns to scale (CRS and VRS).
- Productivity change: Malmquist índices.
- Allocative efficiency models: cost, revenue, and profit.
- Efficiency with undesirable outputs.
- Malmquist-Luenberger index.
- Statistical analysis and bootstrapping techniques.
Is Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox open source?
The source code of Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox is available for download and it is distributed under the GNU GPL-3 license.
What is the license of Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox source code?
The source code of Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox is distributed under the GNU GPL-3 license.
What is the oldest version of MATLAB I can use to run Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox?
Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox was developed using MATLAB 8.5 (R2015a), but it might run in older versions.
Do I need any other Toolbox to use DEA Toolbox?
The oficial “Optimization Toolbox” is needed.
For the bootstrapping and statistical test functions the “Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox” is also requiered.