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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 115-120.

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Efficiency Evaluation of Parallel Systems with Two Components Based on Stackelberg Game Theory

XU Hao1, SUN Yan-hong2, BIAN Yi-wen3   

  1. 1. School of Business, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China;
    2. School of Management, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    3. Sydney Institute of Language & Commerce, Shanghai University, Shanghai 201800, China
  • Received:2012-10-15 Revised:2013-12-30 Online:2014-05-20 Published:2014-05-14

Abstract: There exists a typical kind of efficiency evaluation problem for parallel systems, which has the following characteristics. Firstly, decision making unit (DMU) has two parallel components. Secondly, in any DMU, a component is in a dominant position, and another component living in a subordinate position. Lastly, some input resources are shared between two components and cannot be proportionally differentiated with each other. To address this kind of efficiency evaluation problem, a DEA approach is proposed to determine the efficiency of the overall system and internal components by analyzing the overall efficiency of the DMU and individual efficiency of each component, based on Stackelberg game theory. The proposed approach can not only evaluate the efficiencies of the whole system and its components, but also provide the allocation mechanism of the shared resources. A case of bank branches is presented to demonstrate the rationality and validity of the proposed approach.

Key words: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Stackelberg game, parallel system, shared input

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