An Application of Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for Occupational Safety

In this chapter, an integrated fuzzy data envelopment analysis (DEA) is proposed for evaluating different departments of a company with respect to the occupational safety investment. The inputs in the DEA methodology are occupational safety investments cl

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Performance Measurement with Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing Volume 309

Series editor Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected]

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About this Series The series ‘‘Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing’’ contains publications on various topics in the area of soft computing, which include fuzzy sets, rough sets, neural networks, evolutionary computation, probabilistic and evidential reasoning, multi-valued logic, and related fields. The publications within ‘‘Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing’’ are primarily monographs and edited volumes. They cover significant recent developments in the field, both of a foundational and applicable character. An important feature of the series is its short publication time and world-wide distribution. This permits a rapid and broad dissemination of research results.

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Editors Ali Emrouznejad Operations and Information Management Group Aston Business School Aston University Birmingham UK

ISSN 1434-9922 ISBN 978-3-642-41371-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-41372-8

Madjid Tavana Business Systems and Analytics Department La Salle University Philadelphia USA

ISSN 1860-0808 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-41372-8 (eBook)

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